XX.XX.XX.XX This modification will force your local computer to resolve the website bypassing DNS propagation and letting your network know that your site is hosted at the IP address you specified on that file.Īfter modifying that file, just open up your browser and surf your site normally from the new server destination. Place a line like this at the end of your hosts file, this method works for any operating system like Windows, Linux or Mac: This will make your domain to be resolved from previous places in the world where propagation time isn't completed yet, to the new destination, it's like a forced way to make propagation faster. Then the A record will be updated all over the world across major ISPs. This will almost make propagation time to be reduced at max, and make your site propagation time to only take between 20 to 35 mins average. Point your A record from your current hosting provider at the DNS zone pointing to the new IP address of your website.

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