Quick DNS question

[iamaelephant]

I've just switched my hosting to Host Gator Hatchling account and I'm very happy so far. The transition has been smooth and fast. I just have a quick question - after about 12 hours I was able to access my website through my domain URL but it suddenly stopped working. Is it normal while the DNS is propagating for the website to spontaneouly go offline? Will it fluctuate for a couple of days, or is there a problem? Sorry if this is a pain, I'm a little anxious about my site since I got screwed by my previous host

[GvilleRick]

It is not uncommon for the site to behave as you describe until the domain has fully propagated. This is especially true for accessing using dialup as the ISP generally has several servers for DNS and all may not be updated with your new IP. If you give the domain name folks here can check and see how it is working for them.

[iamaelephant]

Thanks for the speedy response. The domain is http://iamaelephant.net

[GvilleRick]

It's loading fine for me and a check of the DNS at dnsstuff.com looks good.

[iamaelephant]

Seems to be woking fine for me now, must have been a problem on my end I suppose. Thanks for your hep

[slapshotw]

Originally Posted by iamaelephant

Seems to be woking fine for me now, must have been a problem on my end I suppose. Thanks for your hep

Not a problem, just different ISPs finish the propagation at different time.

[charlesgan]

Originally Posted by iamaelephant

Seems to be woking fine for me now, must have been a problem on my end I suppose. Thanks for your hep

thats dns ... give it time, it will work.
can take up to 72 hours

[Goddess Dix]

Originally Posted by iamaelephant

Seems to be woking fine for me now, must have been a problem on my end I suppose. Thanks for your hep

this will also depend on where you're accessing it from. when you surf from work, for example, it may be set to cache copies of pages, etc.