network solutions dns server update - how long to propagate?

[Lawrence Chan]

Probably due to our previous not-so-smooth experience in changing name servers with
Internic.  Thanks for the reassuring note though.

Lawrence
lchan at montevino.com


Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <384C70DA.63DBE259 at montevino.com>,
> Lawrence Chan <webmaster at montevino.com> wrote:
> >Thanks Barry.
> >
> >In case for whatever reasons things start messing up and we need to get
> >the domain
> >web pages up, can we set the new name server to act as secondary to the old name
> >server? Can we then set the old name server to redirect to the new name
> >server until
> >Internic made the changes (that is if the old name server agrees to redirect)?
> >Please advice.
>
> Of course.  I would recommend always doing that, to make the transition go
> smoothly.
>
> Why would you think it wouldn't work?  All that matters is that the servers
> that your domain is delegated to have the data you want.  How they get it
> is immaterial as far as the rest of the Internet is concerned.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
> GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA
> *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
> Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.