I have setup a dns server on my home network to manage some apps that I have written for home.

Currently I have 3 "domains" that I am using: controller devserver fileserver

The first issue that I am having is that when I attempt to ping the parent domain of any of these 3 I am unable to. I simply get ping: unknown host controller. I however can ping any of the subdomains I have setup for these 3 parent domains.

The second issue is I am unable to ping any of the 3 parent domains or any child domains from my window machines. I have verified that these domains work on other devices in my house (ipod touch, ipad, cell phone).

Any help with this is greatly appreciated

Here is bind data file for my parent domain controller:

;
; BIND data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA controller. admin.controller. (

9 604800 86400 2419200 604800 ) ; @ IN NS controller. @ IN A 192.168.1.104 controller IN A 192.168.1.194 admin.controller. IN A 192.168.1.104