What happens when you update your DNS?

I’ve seen a lot of people get confused about updating their site’s DNS records to change the IP address. Why is it slow? Do you really have to wait 2 days for everything to update? Why do some people see the new IP and some people see the old IP? What’s happening? So I wanted to write a quick exploration of what’s happening behind the scenes when you update a DNS record. how DNS works: recursive vs authoritative DNS servers First, we need to explain a little bit about DNS. There are 2 kinds of D...

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