Broken link in knowldegbase article

[Erica C.]

Hi FQ,
I was looking at this knowledgebase article

https://service.futurequest.net/inde...-has-completed

and tried this link

For a visual, visit:
http://www.FQaota.net/dns/

It leads to "Page not available."

Just FYI.

Very helpful article though.

Imagine smilie of person twiddling her thumbs waiting impatiently for propagation to finish here.

[Kevin]

Thanks for letting us know. The FQaota.net domain was moved from one server to another some time ago and it wasn't noticed that this problem was created. I fixed it coming in as a custom 404 error but it still doesn't work as some dependency that the CGI script uses is missing.

I am a bit tired right now so I am putting this off until tomorrow (or maybe even the next day as this is really old and not all that useful). I haven't decided if I should fix the FQaota.net URL or change the link to point to one that works.

Until I do, https://www.futurequest.net/dns/ works and is that program.

It really doesn't look all that useful to me. It actually looks like something I should just delete. If you have a case that looks interesting and might change my mind feel free to tell me. Frankly, it just seems to me like a cause of confusion as to what *.gtld-servers.net is.

Those servers are the pool of servers (at least for US top level domains) that the root servers (the core DNS servers of the internet) tell you to ask for NS records on registered domains. IOW, if your domain is registered to our DNS servers *.gtld-servers.net are the pool of servers that tell clients to ask our servers how to get to your domain.

[Erica C.]

Originally Posted by mromero

You may want to use this tool to check DSNS propagation: https://dnschecker.org Setting your TTL in DNS to like 5 minutes may help speed up propagation.

Thanks. I've looked at the tool you suggested. We're not very far along.

I found where to set the TTL and thought I'd point out to others that it's in the CNC under DNS Manager. Perhaps that's obvious to everyone but just in case there are others like me who've never had reason to use it.

The backstory to this problem is that our old DNR dropped us with no warning and we had to switch to a new one. We've been focused on getting the info necessary for the transfer from the old DNR. If I had known I'd have changed the TTL sooner.

I've never dealt with a situation like this before. I've transfered domain names but it wasn't like this.