# Cname **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [August 16, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cname/65112 "2022-08-16T12:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cname/65112/2 "2022-08-16T13:00:14Z")
Welcome! Please note that new CNAME records can take up to 72 hours to propagate because of the nature of the internet. > [@What is DNS propagation](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/what-is-dns-propagation/49235): > > You’ve added a new domain name to your account, just changed your nameservers or recently modified some DNS settings. However, they aren’t working yet. You’ve discovered already that it’s not working yet because of something called “DNS Propagation”. But what does that mean? Introduction to DNS Before you can understand how DNS Propagation works, you need to understand how DNS itself works. So let’s start with that. Servers on the internet are identified by a set of numbers called an IP addres… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cname/65112)._