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Reputation: 73

2 DNS records point to the same address, but only 1 works

I am using Advanced Zone Editor in cPanel to have 2 addresses point to the same IP (my home ip). There is one (mc.tthread.com) that works flawlessly. On the other hand, i made a record yesterday (testing.tthread.com) to point to the same ip, and that doesn't seem to work. I realize that it takes a couple of hours for the DNS servers to update, but i believe 1 day is more than enough.

Both addresses share the same settings (Type 'A', TTL '14400'). Also, is there a way to minimize the time it would take the DNS servers to update their records?

Thanks for the answers

Upvotes: 0

Views: 299

Answers (1)

Saad Ismail
Saad Ismail

Reputation: 1440

There is no way to minimize the downtime overall but if this is for some testing/development then what you can do is to use DNS HOSTS hack & override the IP given by your DNS server to that of your need on your workstation.

DNS HOSTS hack file is at: /etc/hosts (Linux) C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows)

Using Google's DNS server will may work sometimes too.

You can use whatsmydns to have a track of DNS propagation: https://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/testing.tthread.com

Upvotes: 1

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