titan21 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I'm full of questions recently!! I have heard a bit about BIND. I have had no exposure to it whatsoever but understand that is essentially nameserver software. (correct me if I'm wrong which I probably am!) What I was wondering was if it was possible to use BIND to create further subdomains for use. So, for example I can easily set up subdomain.domain.com by just going to my registrar's control panel. But if I install BIND would I be able to create something.subdomain.domain.com . The registrar I am using does offer the ability purchase additional sub-domains but the number I need ideally needs to be managed dynamically so heading off to the registrar every time I need a sub-sub-domain wouldn't be practical. (Am I making sense..?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicken Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 You could install bind and run your own DNS if you wanted sure, but it's probably not necessary. You could try creating a dns entry in your registrar for *.domain.com which will make a wildcard subdomain so anything will end up working and going to the address given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titan21 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Brilliant - didn't even occur to me to try that! Doh! It begs the question tho - why would my registrar be charging for then? They offer their own hosting as well possibly to cash in on unknowing users? Cheers kicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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