0.168.192.zone $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA www.domain.com. root.domain.com. ( 2005102601 ; serial number YYMMDDNN 28800 ; Refresh 7200 ; Retry 864000 ; Expire 86400 ; Min TTL ) @ NS www @ MX 10 mail // Mailexchangers for reversezones are unusual, but what do i care.. $ORIGIN domain.com. // NO this is the reverse zone !!!! // the zone name is 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. !!!!!! 21 IN PTR durance.domain.com. IN PTR mail.domain.com. IN PTR www.domain.com. 12 IN PTR vega.domain.com. 11 IN PTR atlas.domain.com. domain.com.zone $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA ns1.domain.com. root.domain.com. ( 2005102701 ; serial number YYMMDDNN 28800 ; Refresh 7200 ; Retry 864000 ; Expire 86400 ; Min TTL ) @ NS ns1 @ MX 10 mail $ORIGIN domain.com. @ IN A some IP! (you wanted to ping the domainname itself, no?) localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 durance IN A 192.168.0.21 atlas IN A 192.168.0.11 vega IN A 192.168.0.12 www IN CNAME durance mail IN A 192.168.0.21 ns1 IN CNAME durance