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Force DNS Updates

I have just changed my nameservers for my domain name and am waiting the for Internet DNS servers to update to reflect the changes. Until this is done my site is down and any email sent to my domain is lost. Is it possible to force the Internet DNS servers to perform an update NOW?

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Dave Pusey

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Isnt it within 24 hours? It was on the last domain I did but that was a while ago.

Dave Pusey

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According to a DNS Dig i just performed it show the aging values on the old nameservers (see below). Which one is the one that needs to expire for the update to occur?

Dig puseyuk.co.uk@80.225.248.178 ...
Non-authoritative answer
Recursive queries supported by this server
Query for puseyuk.co.uk type=255 class=1
puseyuk.co.uk SOA (Zone of Authority)
Primary NS: ns.sovdns3.com
Responsible person: admin@ns.sovdns3.com
serial:1067945475
refresh:10800s (3 hours)
retry:3600s (60 minutes)
expire:604800s (7 days)
minimum-ttl:86400s (24 hours)
puseyuk.co.uk NS (Nameserver) ns.sovdns3.com
puseyuk.co.uk NS (Nameserver) ns.compila4.net
ns.sovdns3.com A (Address) 81.3.70.130
ns.compila4.net A (Address) 217.199.165.77

Dave Pusey

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I think it's the referesh one. Am I correct? or could it be minimum-ttl?

Dave Pusey

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It's now 23mins til the refresh time elapses.

Dave Pusey

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Nameservers were changed at 10:39 GMT therefore 3 hours refreshed time will expire at 13:39 GMT.

Dave Pusey

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The 3 hours is up. No DNS update has occured! Why not?