On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Merlin wrote: > Just wondering what the average propogation time to the US and Europe is for > newly registered domains. Set on nameservers in Oz . > > anyone researched this at all? Haven't researched this, but may perhaps offer some suggestions towards finding an answer. I understand the a.gtld is updated twice a day at 5 am and 5 pm EDT/EST. (Anyone who can confirm this?) Domains registered 6 hours or so before that, I have seen working soon after the times mentioned. But I did not write down times etc. Maybe the interval is shorter. You may find the answer by registering a domain and then try traceroutes *from* sites in Europe and the US, if you are worried about propagation to those parts. There are many web-traceroutes available. See http://www.traceroute.org or for Dutch ones (we are the center of Europe :-) http://www.traceroute.nl. Whether the nameservers are in Australia or in China or Europa doesn't seem to make a difference. What counts is when all the gtld-servers know about it. And they update themselves at different times, I assume. -- Marc Schneiders (rest in header)
