why doesn't my DNS server work?

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04-06-2004, 07:01 AM	#1
asit_monty LQ Newbie Registered: Apr 2004 Location: India Distribution: Suse,RedHat Posts: 2 Rep:	why doesn't my DNS server work? I am using a Red Hat 9.0 and configured my DNS by editing the text files like named.conf etc. without using graphical interface i have chosen my domain as impact.aeie.org and server host name as monty now my machine was able to ping both monty.impact.aeie.org alam.impact.aeie.org ( another client) but when i moved to client machine it couldn't ping even monty.impact.aeie.org though it still can ping monty (the hostname) I don't have any nameserver or sec server configured . pls help also Can i use my Primary DNS server as the only name server on the network?

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