I have just assigned 2 IPs for DNS servers.

How do I tell the system to recognise those ips as name servers, so when i do a trace or ping it tell me ns1.***.com and ns2.***.com instead of the ip address,

any help will be appreciated.

I have bind,apache running do I need to make any changes there?

If your domain name is registered through Network Solutions, goto their site and register 2 nameservers.
(one for each)

ns1.yourname.com XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
ns2.yourname.com XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

:D


Originally posted by dasource
I have just assigned 2 IPs for DNS servers.

How do I tell the system to recognise those ips as name servers, so when i do a trace or ping it tell me ns1.***.com and ns2.***.com instead of the ip address,

any help will be appreciated.

I have bind,apache running do I need to make any changes there? :D

Alright,

Ping / Traceroute's / etc. have nothing to do with it being recognized as a DNS server, however what it appears that you are talking about is rDNS (Reverse DNS) so you can turn an ip address into an DNS (instead of other way around.) This can get semi-complicated to setup depending on how you are going about things, you would need to contact your internet provider for your server (if you own the server) and have them setup your rDNS, if you own an IP range and your DNS server is the appointed one for rDNS you can setup in-addr.arpa files in your named.

Bottom Line:
having your ip address show up as an something.yourdomain.com will not affect the perfomance, quality, or anything of that sort, its just cosmetic :)