Why it does not propogate ?

[Len Conrad]

>Is there any way to check why it does not propagate or predict how long it
>will take ?

The only resisitance, in RFC "theory", to all Internet having 
immediate access to your new situation is the TTL of your previous 
records, where DNS are caching the old recordsd until TTL expires.

>The host name is mail.ontero.com, the old IP is 209.157.66.9 and the new one
>is 205.162.50.65.

mgw1# dig ontero.com mx

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ontero.com mx
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ontero.com, type = MX, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN MX        10 mail.ontero.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        dns2.ontero.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns2.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote2.easydns.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.ontero.com.        2H IN A         205.162.50.65
dns2.ontero.com.        2H IN A         205.162.50.65

see, the new one is instantly available to me.

>Two of the servers it did not propagate to are 206.86.8.69

looks ok to me:

mgw1# dig @206.86.8.69 ontero.com mx

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @206.86.8.69 ontero.com mx
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ontero.com, type = MX, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN MX        10 mail.ontero.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        dns2.ontero.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns2.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote2.easydns.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.ontero.com.        2H IN A         205.162.50.65


>, 204.156.128.10.

ditto:

mgw1# dig @204.156.128.10 ontero.com mx

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @204.156.128.10 ontero.com mx
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ontero.com, type = MX, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN MX        10 mail.ontero.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        dns2.ontero.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        ns2.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote1.easydns.com.
ontero.com.             2H IN NS        remote2.easydns.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.ontero.com.        2H IN A         205.162.50.65
dns2.ontero.com.        2H IN A         205.162.50.65

Show us the pb, and then we can help.

Len



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