Reverse DNS on Home Network?

[Kevin Darcy]

Andrew wrote:

>I have a caching DNS server setup on my Linux box at 192.168.1.5
>
>I have a Win 2K box on this network and it doesn't seem to want
>to use this DNS server to lookup information.
>
>When I try to use nslookup on the Win 2K machine it says:
>
>"Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.5: Server Failed"
>
Just because nslookup is stupid about this, doesn't mean regular lookups 
(e.g. those generated by a browser while surfing) fail, does it? If 
regular lookups are failing as well, it's probably due to some separate 
problem.

>I'm guessing this is a reverse DNS issue but I'm not sure.
>I know that the DNS server is running, however.
>
>Is it possible to configure a reverse DNS entry for an "inside" IP address?
>
>If so, can anyone provide an example?
>
(named.conf excerpt)
zone "168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "168.192.in-addr.arpa";
};

(file: 168.192.in-addr.arpa)
$TTL 1D
@ IN SOA doesnt.really.matter.com. root.doesnt.really.matter.com. (
1 86400 3600 3600000 3600 )
IN NS doesnt.really.matter.com.
5.1 IN PTR whatever.example.com.

- Kevin