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Asked: 2026-05-16T03:08:23+00:00

I’m trying to setup a subdomain elstest1 on my example.com domain to redirect to

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I’m trying to setup a subdomain elstest1 on my example.com domain to redirect to a certain IP. Following some instructions on the web, I created an A DNS record.

Currently, if I do this:

dig elstest1.example.com

I get:

...
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
elstest1.example.com. 14400  IN      A       994.93.999.990

(IP address hidden)

Will going to http://elstest1.example.com take me to the IP address above?

Its not working presently, but that’s to be expected because the web server isn’t up + I just made the DNS changes, etc. But I want to make sure the above DNS settings are what they need to be.

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  1. Editorial Team

    First, you’ve created an alias, not redirect. Alias points to IP, not redirects to it. Actually, all domains are aliases.

    Second, changing DNS records takes some time. From 15 minutes to 1-2 days. It happens because there are lots of DNS servers in the world, and they all have to be updated.

    Will going to http://elstest1.example.com take me to the IP address above?

    Indeed, after your ISPs DNS will update.

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