mcduffies Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Just signed up with Total Choice. I just changed my domain to point to TCH servers and was wondering how long this generally takes. It's been 48 hours. Is it normal for it to switch back and forth initially between my old server and TCH. Sometimes goes to old site and sometimes to new siteee. Thanks it advance to any help anyone can give me. By the way, been real happy with TCH so far. Tech support is very responsive. McDUff Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 5, 2004 Posted March 5, 2004 Could take up to 72 hours. welcome to the Family, McDuff! Quote
planetphillip Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 I also recently switched a domain to TCH and mine switched back and forth between the new and the old. But things worked fine in the end. Quote
TCH-Andy Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 'switching back and forth' between the old and the new server is perfectly normal during propagation. Quote
Guest LightKeeper Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 When I came back it took my domain about thirty minutes to do a full propagation. That was fast! Rock Sign Quote
mcduffies Posted March 6, 2004 Author Posted March 6, 2004 Thanks for all input. TCH is great. McDuff Quote
TCH-Don Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 welcome to the Family McDuff and your new home. If you need anything, just ask your new family. And I hope you will come back often. Quote
ThumpAZ Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 Welcome to the Family, McDuff! To, quickly, explain why it would flip back and forth... When you access anything with an Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) you are not talking directly to that device. You are taking hops all over the place, kinda like going to the store... you have to take this street, then turn left onto that one. Routers and such on the Internet backbone figure out what should be the fastest route for you to take and point your requests in that direction. Some areas may be busier the next time you go to access the site and you will, therefore, be routed differently. Well, devices on this new route may or may not have updated thier information and may point you to the new site or the old one. Rather simple really... think of taking a trip to somewhere you used to go. The directions in your head (routing tables) know the way to where the place used to be, but they have moved. So now you have to update those directions (DNS Refresh) when you find out what they are (DNS Propagation) so you can get to your old haunt in the best possible way while avoiding traffic jams (Packet/Request Routing). Quote
TCH-Sales Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 (edited) For more information on propagation you might want to read this article I wrote back in July of last year: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/jargon/what-is-prop.html Edited March 6, 2004 by TCH-Mitch Quote
ThumpAZ Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 (edited) There is a dead link on the bottom of that page, in fact, the leave feedback link on the index (http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/jargon/index.html) is dead as well. I want into this Jeering Jargon Forum #68 Edited March 6, 2004 by TCH-Glenn Quote
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