clearing mac and DNS problems

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clearing mac and DNS problems

Hi there,

let me know if this should be asked in a different community and ill repost it.

I have just changed my website host and have repointed my DNS to new host. However my macbook pro keeps taking me to the old host.

I have tried other computers and they all seem to go to new host , so it appears my mac is the problem.

I have tried clearing cache , history and cookies in the hope it would fix the problem but it hasnt.

What am i overlooking??????

Im not IT smart so please reply in simple language .

Any advice appreciated.

thanks

CG

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 19, 2011 11:24 PM

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Answer 1

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Douggo

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Nov 19, 2011 11:50 PM in response to captain goodvibes

If you moved your domain from one hosting service to a different one, and changed the the nameservers listing for your domain - which is what I think you're saying - then the "problem" really lies outside of your MacBook.

Changes to DNS entries, like the nameservers, can take anywhere from minutes to as long as a couple of days to propagate through the DNS system. How fast that change will show up for your ISP depends on how often their DNS servers update their caches and how often the hosting service updates their DNS entires to the DNS servers they are linked to. (Typically, hosting services are linked to DNS servers that update rather frequently - no less than once an hour.) The other computers you used may be hooked to different DNS servers that get updated more frequently than the one your MacBook is using.

If you know the IP address of the new hosting site, you can plug that into the address bar of your browser and it should get you to the new host, no problem. Using a URL is going to rely on updated DNS information making through the DNS system.

HTH,

-Doug

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2011 8:12 AM in response to captain goodvibes

Hi

If you let us know the domain we might be able to help?

HTH?

Tony

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Answer 3

Nov 21, 2011 12:57 AM in response to captain goodvibes

Thankyou guys for your reply and advice.

It seems i was perhaps a little impatient and as another day passed things clicked into place and i can now connect to correct website now.

It was exactly as you described it Doug and if i had further trouble Tony i would have given my site for you to have a look.

Thanks again.

Appreciated.

Scott

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Answer 4

Nov 21, 2011 12:58 AM in response to Douggo

Thanks Doug, it was exactly as you described.

Appreciated.

Scott

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