How to bypass DNS propagation delay

[ElitePirate]

hello,

A lot of people get fed up waiting for like 24-72 hrs for their domain propagation.

In simple terms : After you assign a new nameserver in your domain control panel, it takes 24-72 hrs to reflect your new host.

There is a simple tweak you can do. Which will result in your system (PC) instantly propagate DNS. That means after you followed all the steps, soon after you change the nameservers, your internet browser instantly shows the propagated content (you don't need to wait for 24-72 hrs)

p.s : This will work only for you. If you want this to work in other PCs, you need to follow the same steps in all PCs

Really wanted to see how your website is going to be without waiting?

Follow these steps :

Firstly you will need to find a file named "hosts" and open it using any text editor.

In windows, the file is in here;

%windir%\system32\drivers\etc

Note : %windir% is the windows root directory like c:\windows

Then, you need to know your IP address. For Ex :

+===================================+
| New Account Info |
+===================================+
| Domain: domainname.com
| Ip: 64.69.46.210 (n)
| HasCgi: y

You'll need to add these lines at the end of the "hosts" file.

64.69.46.210 www.domainname.com 
64.69.46.210 domainname.com

*please note that you should not add the prefix "http://" infront of the domain names.

Please save the file, and you'll be able to browse to your site immediately

Note: If you want to access your site using other computers, you'll need to do the same steps to them.

-Do this tweak at your own risk-

Elite

ElitePirate Reviewed by ElitePirate on 4th May 2009. How to bypass DNS propagation delay hello, A lot of people get fed up waiting for like 24-72 hrs for their domain propagation. In simple terms : After you assign a new nameserver in your domain control panel, it takes 24-72 hrs to reflect your new host. There is a simple tweak you can do. Which will result in your system (PC) instantly propagate DNS. That means after you followed all the steps, soon after you change the nameservers, your internet browser instantly shows the propagated content (you don't need to wait for Rating: 5

[litewarez]

also just a note but ny using this method if you ever have issues with the domain/nameserver you wont notice this and your users could be going to a dead page whilst you are oblivious to it lol

peace

[Plutost]

hmm.. I totally forgot about this tweak lol
Its a nice tutorials mate
Mods please make this sticky.

[litewarez]

dont really think this is good enough for sticky, lol good tip but alot know about it

[Hawk]

Nice tutorial but we won't be able to sticky it as if this one is stickied then others will ask for theirs to be stickied causing every topic in tuts stickied, get my point?

[Whoo]

Knew this for a long time. This is how I bypass my way to rapidshare in college

[michigan033]

Or you can use IPtables on the old server.

[litewarez]

oooh nice tip whoo lol

[Curtis129]

i have a better solution..

TTL= 10 minute... 600seconds

[Lifetalk]

OR you could use OpenDNS