Ok here's the scenario; help me work out what the hell is happening here There is website 1 hosted at hostA.com which has nameservers ns1.hostA.com/ns2.hostA.com Website 1 changes ownership and the nameservers are changed too ns1.hostB.com and ns2.hostB.com The website still resolves and loads from hostA.com, the website hasn't moved. The domain is pointing at a different nameserver but the site is still loading on the old server! Is it possible to put some record on a namesever that says "actually, this nameserver has nothing for you - try ns1.hostA.com" ?
DNS servers aren't so smart. There isn't such protocols built in for such redirection. You may want to check what is wrong with your DNS with tools like eg http://www.intodns.com
How long have you been waiting already? It can take upto 48 hours before the site will be available on the new nameservers In some countries even 7 days... but that's for countries that hardly have internet Or have you been waiting for more than a week already?
sounds like you need to have the host run the Resolver Configuration to see if that will help clear the problem.
have you checked the DNS configuration with the control panel you are using? You have to change it there as well if you just migrated the whole website from A -> B.
Have a chat with the hosting company that deals with both the website and website in which the website was dealt. Make sure that you have the details required, such as the previous DNS, and New DNS Names and also the website domain name. This will allow them both to do checks on their side of the hosting chain and make any changes needed. The chances are that they will tell you that it may take up to 48 hours for the new DNS Names to resolve and change. ~ Mike
It varies between Internet Service Providers. Some ISP's only update once a day and it could be up to 2 days. If they don't update their DNS records then you're web address may still be resolving to your old server. Try access the site from a proxy located in another country - It will probably resolve correctly. Then drop a mail to your ISP telling them to update their DNS records more frequently!
I thought the nameservers resolve to an IP address, if the IP address is the same then it doesn't matter what the nameserver names are as long as it's pointing to the right IP. Maybe the new host has bought the old domain name anyway or just had them point to the correct IP. I'd check the IP addresses to be on the safe side.
Change the child name servers of the domain with correct DNS and IPs. It will resolve within few minutes. But must clear the cookies and cached pemp internet files and so on first Check status with this link : http://www.drwhois.com Good luck Toniya
Thanks everyone. Its not my website. Its not a DNS problem. It's not like im waiting for NS's to resolve! No, just a see someone doing something weird and Im trying to work out what they're doing.