DNS not resolving for root domain, only for subdomains

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The domain I'm having issues with is rossmasters.com. Here's what happens when I attempt to resolve the root domain and a subdomain:

C:\Users\Ross>nslookup rossmasters.com
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.0.1

Name:    rossmasters.com

C:\Users\Ross>nslookup www.rossmasters.com
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.rossmasters.com
Address:  178.79.185.207

My DNS rules are:

* A 178.79.185.207
www A 178.79.185.207

I'm not especially experienced with this but I use identical rules on another domain and they work fine. I can also nslookup another domain (not set as a DNS rule) and get the same result as www.

Is there anything I need to add in order to get rossmasters.com to resolve to the same IP or is this an issue with my registrar (who handle DNS records for both domains)?

Best Answer

Try:

@ A 178.79.185.207

Your * covers every subdomain of the root, but not the root itself.

What's your DNS server, by the way? If it was bind, you'd need an IN in there..

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