lost my wildcards

  • Thread starter Thread starter gerry
  • Start date Start date
G

gerry

Not sure what did it , but somehow I lost my dns wildcards.
With everything installed on a single w2k test server - dc , dns , dhcp ,
wins ...
I did have dns wildcards working fine unitl i installed dhcp & wins.
After fighting with this for too many hours I am asking if anyone can
enlighten me as to what the problem may be.
I am assuming that I removed the wildcard during this process and re-added
it incorrectly.
I originally set this up according to some simple instructions I found on
the web which i can no longer locate.
I have tried every suggestion i could find on the subject but nothing seems
to make any difference.
I can ping any existing dns entries but any non-existant items that should
be caught by the wildcard just come up with "Unkown host xxx.mydomain.com."

any suggestions ?

gerry
 
In
gerry said:
Not sure what did it , but somehow I lost my dns
wildcards.
With everything installed on a single w2k test server -
dc , dns , dhcp , wins ...
I did have dns wildcards working fine unitl i installed
dhcp & wins.
After fighting with this for too many hours I am asking
if anyone can enlighten me as to what the problem may be.
I am assuming that I removed the wildcard during this
process and re-added it incorrectly.
I originally set this up according to some simple
instructions I found on the web which i can no longer
locate.
I have tried every suggestion i could find on the subject
but nothing seems to make any difference.
I can ping any existing dns entries but any non-existant
items that should be caught by the wildcard just come up
with "Unkown host xxx.mydomain.com."

any suggestions ?
Click to expand...

Wildcard records are not really that good an idea anyway. That said, is you
question how to create a wildcard using the DNS management console?
In the zone you want the wildcard, right click select new domain and name it
* . Open the * subdomain you just created, right click select new host,
leave the name field blank and give it the IP you want the wildcard to
publish.
 
Back
Top