Should it take 4 days + to see DNS changes - aka GraniteCanyon Publishing speed

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	GraniteCannon has their own newgroups / servers.
	Please use them.

> Hello,
> 
> How long does it take in general to see DNS changes? With Register.com, 
> I see changes usually in 24hours or less.
> 
> But publishing a new domain with GraniteCanyon.com, it's been 3 days and 
> still no luck and this is after I got the message
> 
> 
> "DNS updates COMPLETE
> 
> > This is an automatic email to notify you that changes to the 
> > following zone have been integrated and will be published within 
> > 24 hours: 
> 
> >         tavasmiley.com. 43200 IN SOA ns1.granitecanyon.com."
> 
> 
> 
> This message was generated by GraniteCanyon on Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:54:34 
> -0600.
> 
> I got no errors at all when submitting my RR records.
> 
> When I do an NSlookup on ns1.granitecanyon.com I get:
> Server:  ns1.granitecanyon.com
> Address:  205.166.226.38
> 
> Name:    tavasmiley.com
> Served by:
> - H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.54.112.30
>           com
> - I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.43.172.30
>           com
> - J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.48.79.30
>           com
> - K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.52.178.30
>           com
> - L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.41.162.30
>           com
> - M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.55.83.30
>           com
> - A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.5.6.30
>           com
> - B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.33.14.30
>           com
> - C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.26.92.30
>           com
> - D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
>           192.31.80.30
>           com
>           
> So I guess these servers have my info, but my comcast dns servers - 
> 68.46.144.6
> 24.3.196.33 never heard of tavasmiley.com.
> 
> Also, ns2.granitecanyon.com doesn't even seem to be operating and I 
> understand that just because a name server is listed second doesn't mean 
> it's polled for dns info secondarily, which means maybe 
> ns2.granitecanyon.com is being polled and not providing info? So 
> basically it looks like granite is using only 1 name server in the 
> granitecanyon.com set.
> 
> My RR records are here:
> 
> tavasmiley.com. IN  NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
> tavasmiley.com. IN  NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
> tavasmiley.com. IN  RP tava.somedomain223gg.com. tavasmiley.com.
> tavasmiley.com. IN  TXT "My Name"
> localhost.tavasmiley.com. IN  A  127.0.0.1
> tavasmiley.com. IN  A  68.44.21.60
> *.tavasmiley.com. IN  MX  10  tavasmiley.com. ; GLOBALOK
> tavasmiley.com. IN  MX  10  tavasmiley.com.
> 
> Is it because GraniteCanyon is a small outfit that they don't get 
> propagated around the net quickly? Is it because Register.com is much 
> higher on the food chain or because maybe they own one of the primary 
> DNS servers?
> 
> Since my static IP address sometimes changes, I would like to be able to 
> get my DNS changes published all over in 24 hours or less...and I was 
> thinking of maybe using DNSmadeasy.com - but who knows, except by maybe 
> trial and error, if they would propagate more quickly than 
> granitecanyon.
> 
> Anyone have some practical experience on propagation times with various 
> DNS providers? Should this really take 4 days or more?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Love,
> 
> Me
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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