How To Check DNS Propagation In Seconds
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If you've recently changed your hosting, updated name servers, or moved your site to a new platform, you'll want to check if your DNS has fully propagated.
In this video, I walk you through how to use What’s My DNS to check if your A record and name servers are updated worldwide. Learn how to verify your domain settings and avoid downtime. Watch now to make sure your site is pointing correctly!
What'sMyDNS: https://www.whatsmydns.net/
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to Checking DNS Propagation
0:24 - Why You Need to Check DNS Propagation
0:40 - Entering a Domain and Running a DNS Check
1:35 - Verifying Name Servers After a Domain Transfer
2:00 - Interpreting Results from Global DNS Servers
3:00 - Running a Name Server (NS) Lookup
3:20 - How Long DNS Propagation Takes
3:45 - Troubleshooting Issues with Incorrect DNS Records
4:10 - Final Thoughts
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Hi, this is Matt, and this is a quick video on how to find if your DNS has propagated. The site that I use for this is called What’s My DNS. Actually, the full URL is whatsmydns.net. I’ll put that link below in the video description.
Why might you want to use a site like this? Let’s say you’ve recently registered a new domain and moved it to a hosting provider. Maybe you’ve switched from one host to another, for example, moving from SiteGround to Cloudways or something similar. You need to check whether your DNS changes have propagated across the internet. This ensures that visitors worldwide are actually seeing your site on the correct server.
Once you’re on whatsmydns.net, you’ll see a search bar at the top. You just enter your domain name here. Below that, you have several types of DNS records that you can check. The A record is the most common. This tells you the IP address where your domain is pointing. The NS (Name Servers) record is another key one.
If you’ve recently changed hosting providers or moved your domain name to a different registrar, you’ll want to verify that your name servers are updated correctly. There are also MX records for email hosting and other DNS settings, but today I’ll focus on the A record and NS record, which are the most important for most people.
Let’s enter a domain and click search. The tool will check multiple servers worldwide and show you whether they’ve updated to the new DNS settings or if some are still pointing to the old IP address.
So, I’ll type in a domain, hit search, and here we go. You can see a world map with server locations from various countries. Each one shows an IP address, and if all of them match, that means the DNS has fully propagated. If some are still showing an old IP address, then that means propagation is still in progress, and you’ll need to wait a little longer.
Now, let’s switch over to NS (Name Servers) and run another check. Again, you’ll see different name servers listed. If you’ve recently moved hosting providers and updated your name servers, you need to make sure that all of them match your new hosting provider.
For example, if you moved to Cloudways, you should see the Cloudways name servers here. If you still see name servers from your old hosting provider, that means the update hasn’t fully propagated yet.
Typically, DNS changes can take anywhere from a few minutes to 24 hours. In some cases, it can take up to 48 hours for all servers around the world to fully update. If you see inconsistent results, it means some users may still be getting your old website while others see the new one.