The registry (Verisign Registry for .com .net and .org) is the
authoritive source for and maintains the IP address.  When you change the
IP address of a name server, the change should actually occur at the
registry (glue record) level.  Registrar whois should pull the current and
correct IP from the registry (I say *should* because we all know how
netsol registrar's whois works).

So changing the IP address is a somewhat easy task for domains in .com
.net and .org (no experience with .info or .biz yet).  Also, I'm not sure
how each of the ccTLD's keep their info updated.  Hopefully they just
refer back to the glue records for the name servers in the verisign
registry.

Changing the host name is an entirely different matter.  It is a brand new
DNS host record at the registry level, so you need to update each domain
that uses that DNS server individually.

Regards,
Bill


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