my server ip is 198.211.123.197 i create a hosts with my domain name NS1.so-l.net NS3.so-l.net PING NS1.so-l.net (198.211.123.197) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=18.7 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=18.8 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=18.7 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=4 ttl=55 time=18.7 ms and PING NS3.so-l.net (198.211.123.197) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=18.6 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=18.8 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=18.8 ms 64 bytes from So-l.net (198.211.123.197): icmp_req=4 ttl=55 time=18.7 ms i configure my domain so-l.net to this dns: NS1.so-l.net NS3.so-l.net so now, whois so-l.net : Domain Name: SO-L.NET Registrant: on line marketing Domain servers in listed order: NS1.SO-L.NET NS3.SO-L.NET great, I installed webmin and BIND DNS Server and i configure the domain name but it doesn't work.. ( i Create master zone, and did all that i found on the interenet.. and nothing ping so-l.net Unknown host: so-l.net please i need help, here is named.conf // // named.conf // // Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8) DNS // server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only). // // See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files. // options { listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; }; listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; }; directory "/var/named"; dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db"; statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt"; memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt"; allow-query { localhost; }; recursion yes; dnssec-enable yes; dnssec-validation yes; dnssec-lookaside auto; /* Path to ISC DLV key */ bindkeys-file "/etc/named.iscdlv.key"; managed-keys-directory "/var/named/dynamic"; }; logging { channel default_debug { file "data/named.run"; severity dynamic; }; }; zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones"; include "/etc/named.root.key"; server 198.211.123.197 { }; zone "so-l.net" { type master; file "/var/named/so-l.net.hosts"; }; ------------------------------------------------------ here is /var/named/so-l.net.hosts: $ttl 38400 so-l.net. IN SOA so-l.net. mctomp.gmail.com. ( 1363523481 10800 3600 604800 38400 ) so-l.net. IN NS ns1.so-l.net. so-l.net. IN NS ns3.so-l.net. so-l.net. IN MX 10 mail.so-l.net. so-l.net. IN A 198.211.123.197 ns1.so-l.net. IN A 198.211.123.197 ns3.so-l.net. IN A 198.211.123.197 please help, Thank you.