You can confirm whether your DNS change has reached the wider internet using free online tools and your computer.
- Online checkers: use a third-party "DNS propagation" or "global DNS checker" website. Enter
yourdomain.comand the record type (A, MX, NS) to see results from servers around the world. - Command line: on Windows run
nslookup yourdomain.com; on Mac or Linux rundig yourdomain.comornslookup yourdomain.comto see the IP your machine receives. - Nameservers: run
nslookup -type=ns yourdomain.comto verify the nameservers have updated.
If different locations show different results, propagation is still in progress - this is normal and resolves within 24-48 hours. Your own network may cache old records, so test on another connection too. Results still wrong after two days? Open a ticket.
