Utility to access MS DNS?

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Dave Navarro

The Microsoft DNS console doesn't support wildcards even though MSDNS
itself does.

Is there some freeware/shareware/commercial utility for managing
Microsoft DNS that is easier to use?

--Dave
 
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Dave Navarro said:
The Microsoft DNS console doesn't support wildcards even
though MSDNS itself does.

Is there some freeware/shareware/commercial utility for
managing Microsoft DNS that is easier to use?

--Dave
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You can create a Wildcard record using the DNS console by making it a sub
domain named "*" and putting in a blank record with the IP address you want
your wildcard record to point to.
I might add, if AD is in use a wildcard record will cause you big problems,
especially if it is in a zone that is in you DNS Suffix search list. In
fact a badly placed wildcard record will be a big mistake because every
query will resolve to the wildcard IP address.
 
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You can create a Wildcard record using the DNS console by making it a sub
domain named "*" and putting in a blank record with the IP address you want
your wildcard record to point to.
I might add, if AD is in use a wildcard record will cause you big problems,
especially if it is in a zone that is in you DNS Suffix search list. In
fact a badly placed wildcard record will be a big mistake because every
query will resolve to the wildcard IP address.
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Thanks! I found some VBScript WMI code to manage the DNS server and
I've modified it to support wildcards. Seems to be working just fine.

--Dave
 
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