DNS wildcard help

conflicker · 02-07-2012, 09:31 AM

Hi everybody.. I set up a cpanel and add a new dedicated IP address in IP FUNCTIONS in whm and tied it to the cpanel account that I've created.. Let just say I'm using the domain name "mydomain.com" in this cpanel account.

Now, I want to add a DNS wildcard in this account. I use * for the name field and use the main shared IP ADDRESS for the address.. I'm expecting name.mydomain.com to work but it just give me the generic page of the server..

Is there something I missed up? Please help. Thanks..

vikas027 · 02-07-2012, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by conflicker

Hi everybody.. I set up a cpanel and add a new dedicated IP address in IP FUNCTIONS in whm and tied it to the cpanel account that I've created.. Let just say I'm using the domain name "mydomain.com" in this cpanel account.

Now, I want to add a DNS wildcard in this account. I use * for the name field and use the main shared IP ADDRESS for the address.. I'm expecting name.mydomain.com to work but it just give me the generic page of the server..

Is there something I missed up? Please help. Thanks..

Hi conflicker,

Please DO NOT use chatting "language" in the forum. Use full words.

conflicker · 02-07-2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by vikas027

Hi conflicker,

Please DO NOT use chatting "language" in the forum. Use full words.

I don't see any chatting words on my thread..

bathory · 02-07-2012, 10:56 AM

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I'm expecting name.mydomain.com to work but it just give me the generic page of the server..

Are you talking about the generic page of a webserver? If that's the case, you need to create name.mydomain.com as virtual host in your webserver.
To verify if your wildcard dns works, try to resolve name.mydomain.com

Code:

nslookup name.mydomain.com

Cheers