> @ IN NS 216.104.158.222 > @ IN NS 216.104.128.37 > @ IN NS 216.104.128.38 Specifying IP's for NS'es is illegal - NS'es should be hostnames - themselves posessing A or AAAA records (for the interest of quick lookup times these hostnames should be from within the domain they're NS'ing for...) In other words, you should have: @ IN NS ns1 @ IN NS ns2 @ IN NS ns3 ns1 IN A 216.104.158.222 ns2 IN A 216.104.128.37 ns3 IN A 216.104.128.38 > wa4phy.net. A 216.104.158.222 this is just "@ A ..." > vortex.wa4phy.net. A 216.104.158.222 this is just "vortex A ..." > ns.wa4phy.net. A 216.104.158.222 this is just "ns A ..." > localhost A 127.0.0.1 this is weird because it is localhost.wa4phy.net. A 127.0.0.1 > 1 IN PTR localhost.wa4phy.net. Ah so maybe the weird localhost is what you wanted? Cheers, MaZe.