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Force DNS to propagating

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DNS replicate take hours

It takes a few hours for a newly updated or changed DNS to replicate in the network. The purpose of this tutorial is to force DNS propagate sooner.

How do you force your DNS to propagate sooner

Assume

  • your DNS name is myDNS.edu
  • your DNS ip address is 10.30.40.20

add the DNS and IP address in /etc/hosts to force the DNS replicate

127.0.0.1       localhost
10.30.40.20     myDNS.edu                     

If windows C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

This is for people who use Microsoft Windows.

10.30.40.20     myDNS.edu
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