i HATE dns... please help if u know this stuff

[hetman]

i've been trying to get dns going for over 3 weeks now... still nothing... i even jacked my friends copy of oreilly's dns book but i must be braindead b/c it still wont work.
i want the domain to point to my ip, and run apache, ftp, whatever...

ok, here we go, assume the following:
my domain is ex: blah.com
my static ip is ex: 1.2.3.4
there are 2 machines behind a router.
192.168.1.101 is the linux box (eclipse)
192.168.1.100 is a winxp box (viper)

the linux box is obviously the one running bind.

i did my best to set up the damn thing using webmin.
here is my setup:

named.conf
=================
options {
directory "/etc";
pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
};

zone "." {
type hint;
file "/etc/db.cache";
};

zone "blah.com" {
type master;
file "/etc/blah.com.hosts";
};

zone "4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/1.2.3.4.rev";
};
===============


here is /etc/1.2.3.4.rev
==========================
$ttl 38400
4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ns1.blah.com. root.blah.com. (
1024792452
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa. IN NS ns1.blah.com.
100.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR viper.blah.com.
101.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR eclipse.blah.com.
==========


here is /etc/blah.com.hosts
=====================
$ttl 38400
blah.com. IN SOA ns1.blah.com. root.blah.com. (
1024792381
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
blah.com. IN NS ns1.blah.com.
www.blah.com. IN A 1.2.3.4
ftp.blah.com. IN A 1.2.3.4
viper.blah.com. IN A 192.168.1.100
eclipse.blah.com. IN A 192.168.1.101
===================

here is /etc/hosts:
====================
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.100 viper.blah.com viper
192.168.1.101 eclipse.blah.com eclipse
====================

this is all i did, no other configs/settings were touched... btw do i need to change anything in /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf?

thanks in advance to anyone who has the time/patience to help me out with this

Here are some questions for you:
1. What version of bind r u running?

2. Start with the simple solutions (ie. is bind running?)

3. What sort of errors are you getting in your logs?

[hetman]

bind is ver 9... came with mandrake 8.2
it runs, but the dns does not get resolved...
when i typ www.blah.com it doesnt connect to my computer

[cga]

I know nothing about this topic, but a very good friend of mine does and written the following guide to djbdns.

http://djbdns.wolfhome.com

Maybe it will help you?