How long will it take for a redirect to occur

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  cebulucky · Member · Mar 23, 2008 at 9:48 am

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  I had just added a new domain name (www.ericgo.net) to my wordpress blog at http://www.reviewers.wordpress.com. Also made a purchase already of 10 dollar credits.

  so people visiting reviewers.wordpress.com will be redirected to http://www.ericgo.net.

  however i encountered problem when i tried checking to both sites it was under construction and could not find the redirect to occur.

  anyone who has idea on how long will it take for the redirect to happen?
  thanks

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  katm · Member · Mar 23, 2008 at 12:42 pm

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  It can take a few days for DNS to propagate. That said, your site resolves fine for me.

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  cebulucky · Member · Mar 23, 2008 at 1:29 pm

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  Thanks katm. However as I checked it, sometimes it redirects and sometimes it doesnt.
  does this have something to do with the setting?

  thanks,
  Eric

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  katm · Member · Mar 23, 2008 at 1:40 pm

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  Hi Eric. I don’t think so. DNS can be sorta hit or miss as it’s propagating.

  You can try clearing your DNS cache. On Windows you open a command window and type “ipconfig /flushdns” without the quotes and then hit enter.

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  cebulucky · Member · Mar 23, 2008 at 2:04 pm

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  hi thanks.

  i bought the domain in yahoo. so i worked with online control panels.

  not with an independent ftp and dns. i think i’l just have to wait in a couple of days.

  thanks
  eric