| There are three methods you can use to check if your domain has propagated, and which you choose will depend on you. Domain propagation for EVERY ISP on the planet will happen at different times, this may mean that someon in Moscow, might be able to see your domain before you can in Idaho. The reason for this is due to how often each ISP updates their DNS tables from the Root DNS servers on the Internet. Some ISP's do it every 3 hours, some do it every 5 days.
Method 1: Most Accurate for YOU, as it uses your ISP's DNS tables to check.
For windows XP Users
1. Click Start in windows XP Start Bar.
2. Click Run
3. Type cmd
4. Hit Enter
This will launch the Command Prompt, a black text based Window
5. Type ipconfig /flushdns (this will dump your current dns tables and get fresh ones from your ISP)
6. Hit Enter
You should see the following Message
"Windows XP Successfully Resolved the DNS Resolver Cache"
7. Type ping domain.com where "domain.tld" is the domain you actually registered, without the www on it.
At this point if you get Ping Request was unable to find domain.tld. Please check the name and try again". Then your domain has not propagated to YOUR ISP, and there isn's anything we can do to make them update their records any faster.
If on the other hand you get something similar to the following:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\>ping domain.tld
Pinging domain.tld [214.84.59.190] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 214.84.59.190: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=52
Reply from 214.84.59.190: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=52
Reply from 214.84.59.190: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=51
Reply from 214.84.59.190: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 214.84.59.190:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 78ms, Maximum = 96ms, Average = 85ms
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Then your ISP DOES have record of the domain name in their records and you should be able to browse to it in a browser while connecting through your ISP.
Method 2:
You can check the domain using one of the many various DNS tools on the internet, such as:
http://www.dnsstuff.com
http://www.checkdns.net
Both of these services are free to use and will let you know if your domain has propagated to the DNS servers "THEY" use, and if so, your ISP should have updated records soon as well.
Method 3:
submit a support ticket to us and we will perform Step 2 above, however, you still may not be able to access your domain until YOUR ISP updates their records. At least though, we can tell you if it has reached the root DNS servers.
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