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**paulmann** · #1 (**permalink**) 18-01-2008, 14:31

I updated the nameservers for one of my domains.

I can reach the web site hosting if I type in:
http : // wooden-heart . co . uk

but if I do
http: // www . wooden-heart . co . uk
I get a page saying that dns is still propogating and to wait 24 hours or so.

(Sorry for all the spaces but it won't let me post urls)

Out of interest can anyone explain why the 1st address works but the 2nd doesn't? What difference does omitting the www make?

**paul** · #2 (**permalink**) 18-01-2008, 14:41

The nameserver is fully propogated, check it again, it work for both, I can see your site, nice web site hosting btw.

**paulmann** · #3 (**permalink**) 18-01-2008, 14:49

Just checked it again. Still don't get the page if I put the www. bit in (DNS is propogating, wait 24 hours etc). Works fine without the www though.

**paul** · #4 (**permalink**) 18-01-2008, 14:58

Try to close your window and restart your computer and check it again, it will work otherwise your system might have dns cache, if I am not wrong.

**jc8654** · #5 (**permalink**) 18-01-2008, 16:19

I can get on the web site hosting so it does seem to be a DNS propogation issue. If you still can't get onto it after restarting, go to start, run and type 'cmd' (without the quotes) and press enter. You will get the command prompt up. Then type 'ipconfig/flushdns' (without the quotes again) press enter and that should flush your DNS. You can then try accessing the web site hosting again.

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Originally Posted by paulmann

Out of interest can anyone explain why the 1st address works but the 2nd doesn't? What difference does omitting the www make?

When you access http://domain.com you are usually accessing the IP address of the server assigned in the DNS. So in this case, the A record for domain.com would be IP address of the server. Now, for www.domain.com you create an additional DNS entry which is CNAME. For www the CNAME would be domain.com which basically tells your computer if it accesses the www.domain.com to read the domain.com entry. If you don't have the up to date version of the DNS, your computer doesn't know to do that, hence the problems you're having.

**paulmann** · #6 (**permalink**) 19-01-2008, 13:10

Everything's working fine now. Thanks for the replies.