DNS propagation is the waiting period for DNS recognition on a domain, from internet connections that access the domain. In general, DNS propagation is approximately 1-48 hours and each internet connection provider is different. The length or speed of DNS propagation, depends on the speed of the ISP resolver you use, in recognizing DNS on the domain.
Why should DNS propagation have to wait?
The process of waiting for a domain is caused because the internet process goes through several stages. What stages are passed when we access the internet to be able to access the domain:
- When we access the domain http://mikyhost.com using a browser, the browser will ask for an IP mapping of the domain that we will access through the DNS resolver. And the DNS resolver will confirm to the DNS server (Name server) to ensure that the domain has a DNS query.
- The nameserver will check on the local DNS server database, if after checking it finds any DNS records found (such as A records, MX records, etc.), then the nameservers will return the process to the DNS resolver for the IP domain translation.
- After the DNS resolver finds the DNS record for the rumahweb.com domain, then we can access the mikyhost.com domain.
What affects propagation?
What affects propagation?
- Domain age
Domains that have just been activated and have just been set up with DNS will take a relatively long time to be accessed than domains that have been registered for a long time - ISP DNS used
In general, every internet provider uses a DNS server cache. The DNS server cache will affect how long the DNS propagation takes, it depends on how long the DNS refresh time is provided by the DNS server cache isp. - Domain registrar
International domain name or TLD usually have a faster response when compared to local domain name registrar or ccTLD.
