Adding a second IP address for IIS - static vs dynamic A records

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Published on 2009-12-16T19:16:45Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 7:06 UTC
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I'm looking to add a second IP address to IIS so that I can run two sites with different SSL certificates.

When I added one on my play box and ran ipconfig /registerdns both addresses were registered in DNS with the server's name. So, I deleted the A record for the new IP address and rebooted. That also registered both names.

So, then I went into the network config for the adapter and, on the DNS tab, unchecked "Register this connection's addresses in DNS". I deleted the A record for the new IP address again and re-ran ipconfig /registerdns. This time, it deleted the A record for the old IP address and didn't created one for the new address.

Neither of these is what I want: I want the main IP address to be registered and refreshed automatically as a dynamic DNS record and the second IP address to be registered and managed as a static address. Is there any way to achieve this?

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