DNS problem

[ZaiD Dashti]

No there is no firewall
Yes my DNS is the master of my zone
my zone name is: zdashi.com
>Does your Domian registration include this server as primary for your 
>domain name?
yes

>From: "Thomas Foster" <tbonius at comcast.net>
>To: "ZaiD Dashti" <zaiddashti at hotmail.com>,<questions at freebsd.org>
>Subject: Re: DNS problem
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:29:58 -0800
>
>I am not quite sure of your name server setup, or even your registrant for 
>your domain name.. but I do have a few questions
>
>Is this DNS server behind a firewall?
>
>Is this DNS server master for your zone?
>
>What is your zone name?
>
>Does your Domian registration include this server as primary for your 
>domain name?
>
>check out : http://www.section6.net/help/bind.php
>
>for information on setting up BIND (if that is what you are using)
>
>T
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "ZaiD Dashti" <zaiddashti at hotmail.com>
>To: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:45 AM
>Subject: DNS problem
>
>
>>hello
>>
>>i have a problem with my DNS server.
>>
>>first, i have a registered domain name and i want to change its NS server 
>>to my server to host it in my home (just for learning about DNS)
>>
>>second (the problem), when i use nslookup from another computers in my 
>>local network, the dns
>>server works fine, but when external connection (internet connection, let 
>>say my friend connection) tryies to use my dns server, i got error message 
>>"DNS request timed out", why ? and how to solve it ?
>>
>>NOTE: i have an ADSL account, which mean i'm using a router to connect to 
>>the internet, and i'm redirection all ports from the external connections 
>>to my machine ip, so that i'm able to open a server or to connect to my 
>>machine from anywhere.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>
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