# OT: What is the best DNS for wildcard subdomains? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322 "2009-03-08T18:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/1 "2009-03-08T18:04:37Z")
I am having issues with netfirms in that in the past and right now certain subdomains result in a failure to direct the request to my servers. I need to find somewhere that is reliable and that can handle wildcard subdomains. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/2 "2009-03-08T22:07:20Z")
Hey Chris - On 8-Mar-09, at 1:04 PM, Chris O. wrote: > I am having issues with netfirms in that in the past and right now > certain subdomains result in a failure to direct the request to my > servers. > > I need to find somewhere that is reliable and that can handle wildcard > subdomains. > > Any suggestions? I’ve never run my own dns, or compiled bind - but I can say that [easydns.com](http://easydns.com) is a joy to use; wildcards et all. Jodi ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/3 "2009-03-09T02:38:12Z")
You should probably diagnose the actual problem so that you don’t waste a lot of time migrating a broken configuration only to have it remain broken. ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/4 "2009-03-09T03:33:52Z")
Jodi S. wrote: > I’ve never run my own dns, or compiled bind - but I can say that > [easydns.com](http://easydns.com) is a joy to use; wildcards et all. > > Jodi Thanks for the advice Jodi. I signed up and was able to get everything working. Hopefully I never see this problem again. BTW, when I signed up I added your name to the referral slot, so hopefully you get something out of this. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/5 "2009-03-09T15:49:48Z")
On 8-Mar-09, at 10:33 PM, Chris O. wrote: > Thanks for the advice Jodi. I signed up and was able to get > everything > working. Hopefully I never see this problem again. > > BTW, when I signed up I added your name to the referral slot, so > hopefully you get something out of this. > > Thanks again. 8-)) ---
**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-what-is-the-best-dns-for-wildcard-subdomains/162322/6 "2009-03-09T03:37:04Z")
Ranjeet Smith wrote: > You should probably diagnose the actual problem so that you don’t waste > a lot of time migrating a broken configuration only to have it remain > broken. The first time netfirms admitted to the problem being on their side so the root of the problem has been removed 🙂