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Gaybucks · 03-23-2006, 09:40 PM

A lot of ISPs still do not honor "Time To Live" data in DNS entries, so when you make a change, even if your TTL is only 20 minutes, some ISPs are only updating their DNS cache once or twice a day. Comcast is guilty of this, and Bellsouth is even worse (sometimes 2+ days).

Also, if your DNS records have a long TTL (24 hours and 3 days are still common among a lot of DNS providers) then the record may not expire out of cache until the TTL expires. (Ask your ISP or DNS provider if this doesn't make sense to you, and don't be afraid to ask more than once, as most front line tech support have little to no idea how DNS works and will tell you almost anything.)

03-23-2006, 09:40 PM
Gaybucks Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 451	A lot of ISPs still do not honor "Time To Live" data in DNS entries, so when you make a change, even if your TTL is only 20 minutes, some ISPs are only updating their DNS cache once or twice a day. Comcast is guilty of this, and Bellsouth is even worse (sometimes 2+ days). Also, if your DNS records have a long TTL (24 hours and 3 days are still common among a lot of DNS providers) then the record may not expire out of cache until the TTL expires. (Ask your ISP or DNS provider if this doesn't make sense to you, and don't be afraid to ask more than once, as most front line tech support have little to no idea how DNS works and will tell you almost anything.) __________________ Gaybucks.com 100% exclusive American guys - hosted movie galleries - NATS - Boyfunk.com - Boysfeetclub.com - AJsCloset.com- SkylerDeVoss.com ICQ 272-995-402