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DNS Inconsistencies – Joy!

Nothing pleases me like a broken website when all the code and connections are correct. That said, DNS changes are almost always my favorite tasks! ::cough:: To make it even more fun, I’m used to dealing with a stack of servers and network walls, which introduces so much caching fun. But remember, it’s most important to BE PATIENT with DNS. I’m so quick to assume I may have missed a step, but a few hours will likely prove that I’m just incapable of seeing a blank screen for more than 5 seconds.

Helpful resources —

A quick DNS tracing tool is: http://www.simpledns.com/

A more thorough and rather sensitive version is: http://dnscheck.pingdom.com/

Or, use “dig” in terminal e.g. “dig domainname.com” for NS/Server/IP details

…and chill out for a second :)

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