i was using cPanel enable hosting service. i'm trying to install mu.wordpress.org which is multiple weblog script. the script need to enable the vhost or virtual host at server, wildcard asterisk * at server alias httpd.conf setting and the new user can have their blogs like, theirname.mydomain.com after registered.

i requested my host to add for me and they did. but i still can not ping to my domain for any subdomain catall.
for example,
ping whatever.mydomain.com

there is nothing come back and said no host available. and now somemore after edited the wildcard dns, cPanel's fanstatico is not accessiable and all my previous subdomains are not working.

for example, if i ping
ping whatever.webhostingtalk.com
i can receive the pack return.

i'm not sure how to tell/request the setting to my host to get this work(the cPanel and wildcard). :S any helps would be very much appreciated. my domain is haalaaluu.com

thanks

I recall reading something about the wildcard needing to be at the END of the bind
config file (oh here i dug up an exact quote i saved!):

* IN A 255.255.255.0
"You want to put this at the end of your config file, to let any hardcoded subdomains work.. if you put it at the top, it will overide other subdomains which might go elsewhere, like mail or ns entries."

so for example you would have
*.haalaaluu.com. IN A your.ip.goes.here

hope that helps I'm having trouble at the moment myself...
would be nice if *one* of my hosts binds actually did *something*... lol.

yah that's true.. the problem solved quite few weeks back i forgot to update here. i need to wildcard to zone name and vhost serveralias.
the complete thread from wp forum -> mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/552

anyway, thanks for your reply!

haalaaluu.com