DNS question

[Ian Zimmerman]

> Hi all,
>
>    I'm a little stumped by a problem I am having...
>
>    Is there something special you need to do when adding a DNS entry for
> a domain to specify a certain sub domain as an NS server? I'm trying to
> create:
>
> ns1.domain.com
> ns2.domain.com
>
>    I tried adding:
>
> ns1     A       111.222.33.45
> ns2     A       111.222.33.46
>
>    and then:
>
> ns1     NS      111.222.33.45
> ns2     NS      111.222.33.46

Are ns1 and ns2 supposed to answer queries about domain.com?  In that case,
the last two lines should be

domain.com.     NS      111.222.33.45
domain.com.     NS      111.222.33.46

Also, these must be repeated in the zone file that delegates the
subdomain to you.

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