Alexandru E. Ungur wrote: >>>=server1.test.example.net:192.168.1.102:86400 > > Simple. Because you did not set an IP address for test.example.net. > You should add this to your data file: > > =test.example.net:192.168.1.102:86400 > Thank you, ended up blind, where a little confused about the service vs publishing addresses, was afraid to cause conflict. Most sample configs are stuffed with ip's. and I am testing one machine with 2 nic's. > >>>2. I am behind a firewall/router and have dynamic ip address from my >>>isp. Can I set up the name server to be dynamic or how can I solve this >>>by routing? > > Services like those offered by no-ip.com or dyndns.com might be better > suited for this kind of setup. The service I am setting up has actually a domain name from dyndns, since there are no problem with the routing towards my machine I am only setting up a local dns. Needed to get this working. I assume that dyndns are delegating the responsibility by default? > > > Hope it helps, > Alex Yes it help me very much, thank you