Tim Thanks so much for the reply. here's dig's result now i give <a href="http://genitech.com.au">genitech.com.au</a> for testing, but i do not have that domain name registered in reality.. :) [root@genitech ~]# dig <a href="http://www.genitech.com.au">www.genitech.com.au</a> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> <a href="http://www.genitech.com.au">www.genitech.com.au</a> ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 57815 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.genitech.com.au. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: com.au. 10741 IN SOA <a href="http://ns1.ausregistry.net">ns1.ausregistry.net</a>. <a href="http://dns.ausregistry.net.au">dns.ausregistry.net.au</a>. 2005685696 14400 3600 3600000 86400 ;; Query time: 60 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.116.2#53(<a href="http://192.168.116.2">192.168.116.2</a>) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 10 03:36:43 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 112 my newly created file under /var/named/chroot/var/named is [root@genitech named]# cat genitech.com.au.hosts @ IN SOA <a href="http://www.genitech.com.au">www.genitech.com.au</a>. <a href="http://www.genitech.com.au">www.genitech.com.au</a>. ( 1100000002 ; Serial 8H ; Refresh 2H ; Retry 1W ; Expire 1D) ; Minimum TTL IN NS <a href="http://dns.genitech.com.au">dns.genitech.com.au</a>. www IN A <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> dns IN 1D A <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> ftp IN 1D A <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> IN 1D A <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> www IN A <a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> mail IN 1D A <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> and the lines i edited in /etc/named are ____________________________________________ zone "<a href="http://genitech.com.au">genitech.com.au</a>" IN { allow-update { none; <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a>; localhost; }; type master; file "genitech.com.au.hosts"; _________________________________ btw, i'd like to try static one as well, but i have limitations while i am studying here (down under), only laptop with me. but i am using static ip from Dodo with D-link 302g ADSL modem, do u think i can try setup server from home? i meant, i have a few domain names i bought from <a href="http://gkg.net">gkg.net</a> too. just wondering.. thanks everyone for your precious time and reading.. cheers. <div><div> >>>>>>> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We can't really tell what you've done, you'd be better to post us your configuration files. Start with /etc/named.conf and the newer files in /var/named/chroot/, specifically the ones you're modifying. Make up some IP addresses that aren't in use, use something from one of the private IP ranges. e.g. If your network uses addresses <a href="http://192.168.0.0"> 192.168.0.0</a> to <a href="http://192.168.255.255">192.168.255.255</a>, pick one or two that aren't used by your network as examples to test with. Making DNS serving work with dynamic IP addresses is more tricky. I wouldn't attempt that until you're familiar with configuring static addresses into it. </blockquote></div> Best Regards, Linn <a href="mailto:nandalinnaung@gmail.com">nandalinnaung@gmail.com</a>