How to change web host IP when Proxy enabled?

[alison.carter]

Hi there! so I’m having trouble changing the IP address to our new web host.

The IP address currently there for our A record, isnt actually the existing host IP, which confuses me. Im guessing this has something to do with the fact that this record is set to Proxied?

I tried changing the A record IP, but nothing happened.

do I need to change something somewhere else and leave the Proxied IP the same?

very sorry, I’m confused as to where to make the change, to point our website to a new IP

image attached of the current setup.

[sandro]

Why does a DNS lookup on my domain not return the IP address I configured?

This tutorial explains why, when doing a DNS lookup on your domain, you may see IP addresses that are different to those you specified in your DNS records. What are the addresses I see? The addresses you see will likely begin 104. and/or 172. and they are Cloudflare’s IP addresses. Why do I see these addresses and not the IP that I set? If you have Cloudflare proxying your site, i.e. you have the DNS record set to , then because the record is proxied, Cloudflare’s IP will show instea…

[alison.carter]

Great, thanks Sandro…!

So do I just turn off the Proxied Records, which is the www and A record.

and simply change the A record to the new IP I need it to point too?

[sandro]

You want to use the proxy, right?

If so, you just make sure the DNS settings on Cloudflare point to your actual IP address and you should be good to go.