Question

www on CNAME not working

I have bought a domain from namecheap but can’t setup to work with www. Whenever i try to access my domain like www.domain.net i get 1001 error

api.domain.net -> works fine domain.net -> works fine www.domain.net -> doesnt work, shows error 1001 DNS resolution error


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Bobby Iliev
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November 21, 2022

Hi there,

Once you make the DNS change it might take up to 24 hours for the DNS cache to clear over the Globe before you could see the new records.

If you were to run a DNS lookup do you see the correct DNS record?

You can use the following tool to run the lookup:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns

Best,

Bobby

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