{"id":2307,"date":"2026-03-31T17:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/docs\/fix-domain-shows-this-site-cant-be-reached-after-dns-change\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","slug":"fix-domain-shows-this-site-cant-be-reached-after-dns-change","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/docs\/domains\/fix-domain-shows-this-site-cant-be-reached-after-dns-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Domain Shows &#8220;This Site Can&#8217;t Be Reached&#8221; After DNS Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing &#8220;This site can&#8217;t be reached&#8221; or &#8220;ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED&#8221; after a DNS change usually means the domain isn&#8217;t resolving yet, or there&#8217;s a misconfiguration. Here&#8217;s how to diagnose and fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Check If DNS Has Propagated<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNS changes take time. Before troubleshooting further, check current propagation status:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/dnschecker.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dnschecker.org<\/a> and enter your domain<\/li><li>Check if the A record is returning your Veerhost server IP across most locations<\/li><li>If it&#8217;s still showing the old IP or blank, propagation is not complete yet \u2014 wait up to 48 hours<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Verify the A Record Is Correct<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Log in to your DNS provider and confirm your A record looks exactly like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Type: A\nName: @ (or your domain name)\nValue: YOUR_VEERHOST_SERVER_IP\nTTL: 3600 (or Auto)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also add a <code>www<\/code> A record pointing to the same IP so both <code>yourdomain.com<\/code> and <code>www.yourdomain.com<\/code> work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Flush Your Local DNS Cache<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your computer may be caching the old DNS result. Flush it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>macOS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Linux:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Check That the Domain Is Added in cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if DNS is pointing correctly, the domain must exist in your cPanel account. Go to <strong>cPanel \u2192 Domains<\/strong> and confirm your domain is listed. If it&#8217;s not there, add it via <strong>Domains \u2192 Create a New Domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Check for a Conflicting AAAA Record<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have an IPv6 AAAA record pointing to a wrong or old address, browsers may try IPv6 first and fail. Check your DNS zone for any AAAA records \u2014 if you don&#8217;t use IPv6, remove them or make sure they point to the correct Veerhost IPv6 address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still Not Resolving?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Veerhost support at <a href=\"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/support\/\">veerhost.com\/support<\/a> with your domain name and current DNS settings screenshot.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing &#8220;This site can&#8217;t be reached&#8221; or &#8220;ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED&#8221; after a DNS change usually means the domain isn&#8217;t resolving yet, or there&#8217;s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2307","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2307\/revisions\/2309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}