DNS Cache, craziest thing

[raddevus]

Thanks very much for trying. I tried it again and I still get the 205 address. I'm going to drink some coffee & hide under my desk for a while. :sigh:

[Luc Pattyn]

Three days under your desk? No, its not crazy. It is annoying, maybe very annoying, however you have to wait for all relevant nodes to have your old DNS info expired. You might try using a VPN to some location far away, where you have never been before; and then ping again. :)

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[raddevus]

Luc Pattyn wrote:

You might try using a VPN to some location far away, where you have never been before; and then ping again.

I have a DigitalOcean droplet running Debian out there on the web. Earlier I ssh'd out to it and pinged it and it was getting 205. I just connected to it again and I got the 64.x address. I guess it is slowly getting propagated to DNS. Again, the weirdest thing is that this computer I'm on was getting the 64.x address & now isn't and I can't seem to get it to get back to 64.x. Still under my desk. :sigh:

[kmoorevs]

Many years ago, I posted another weird DNS oddity...another domain name was pointed to my address. Even after I redirected to a custom page 'hey, check your DNS settings...' it stayed that way for several years until the webhost upgraded.

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"

[raddevus]

Oh no! I'm going to be under my desk for a long, long time. :laugh:

[oofalladeez343]

I'd go even as far as to move my desk to a galaxy far, far away... :-\ :-\ :-\ :laugh:

[Peter Kassenaar]

Pinging from The Netherlands, 2022-01-26, 08:25 UTC and got the 64.* address. Seems to be working in order, as I've never visited this address before...

[pkfox]

My ping gave **64.209.142.205** - I'm in the UK

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[Alister Morton]

Just pinged 64... here in the UK.

[Clumpco]

Next time (hopefully there won't be one, but you never know) try using "nslookup" which allows you to use different name servers to see where the problem lies. By default nslookup uses your default nameserver - just type "nslookup" to start it and get the default, viz:

C:\Windows\System32>nslookup
Default Server: pi.hole
Address: 192.168.1.37

Now type in the host name that you are looking for

> www.ibm.com
Server: pi.hole
Address: 192.168.1.37

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: e7817.dscx.akamaiedge.net
Addresses: 2a02:26f0:d6:39e::1e89
2a02:26f0:d6:382::1e89
104.125.7.129
Aliases: www.ibm.com
www.ibm.com.cs186.net
outer-global-dual.ibmcom-tls12.edgekey.net

Now change the name server to see if you get the same answer.

> server 8.8.8.8
Default Server: dns.google
Address: 8.8.8.8

www.ibm.com
Server: dns.google
Address: 8.8.8.8
etc...

I hope that this helps. P.S. you will notice that I use pi-hole https://pi-hole.net/[^] , if you don't already, you should do! Kills most adverts and dodgy sites.

So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8

[raddevus]

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. It looks like it finally propagated through to me too. :thumbsup:

[raddevus]

Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it. It looks like it finally got through on my side too and I see 64.x. :thumbsup:

[raddevus]

Thanks for trying it out. I appreciate it. It seems like it finally got through to me too. :thumbsup:

[raddevus]

Very interesting and great information. This will help. Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

[DerekT P]

I recently had some DNS issues, and my hosting provider suggested this whatsmydns.net[^] (which is possibly the most useful thing they've ever suggested :laugh: ) Easy-to-use and gives you a pretty good overview of what's happening where.

[raddevus]

very interesting. I will check it out. Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

[raddevus]

Wow, that is really cool!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[danbergen]

Got 64…. With ping today 1/26/21 9:15amEST

DB

[raddevus]

Yep, it looks like it propagated through mine too. Thanks for letting me know. Also, another user posted this fantastic service that shows dns values from around the world. it is amazing. DNS Checker - DNS Propagation Check & DNS Lookup[^]

[TNCaver]

I get the new address at 64.209.142.205.

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