A wildcard DNS record is a record in a DNS zone that will match all requests for non-existent domain names, i.e. domain names for which there are no records at all. The most common is for any sub-domain.

What Is A Wildcard DNS

DNS stands for Domain Name System. Think of the DNS as the phonebook of the Internet. You and your clients/visitors know websites by their URL or Domain Name. The Internet only knows websites by their numerical address or IP. When you type a domain ...

What Is DNS

Using westhost.com or 'domain' as the example, we'll review how DNS works. At the top of the DNS chain is the Domain Registrar. Registrars provide registrations for custom Internet domain names like westhost.com or yourdomain.com. At the registrar ...

How Does DNS Work

This article is for accounts using CHI. Does this apply to my account? This article will explain how to use the Domains/DNS portion of the CHI platform. Step 1: Go To The Domain Section Of CHI Step 2: Change The DNS On The DNS Page Related articles ...

How To Configure DNS

This article is for accounts using CHI. Does this apply to my account? Step One: Navigate To The DNS section of CHI Step Two: Edit The Nameserver Information Step Three: Configure Advanced Options Step Four: Troubleshoot Common Errors Step One: ...

How To Manage DNS

This article is for cPanel Accounts. Determine where your account is with this guide. In cPanel you will have the Simple DNS Zone Editor as well as the Advanced DNS Zone Editor to make changes to your DNS. This ONLY works if your domain is using the ...

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