[URGENT!!!] DNS won't resolve. PLEASE HELP!!! [DESPERATE]

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guys,
i googled, read the DNS & BIND book (very useful), but still haven't solved my problem and this is killing me as i have spent days and the darn thing simply refuses to work!!! i am desperate and need your help.
i am trying to set up a DNS server on my dual NIC x86 Solaris 10.
1. i am getting confused with naming interfaces. i seem cannot have two network ifaces named like m1.example.com. each one must have its own unique name, right? [pls advise here]
so i name them m1.example.com and m2.example.com respectively. m1 is for router and m2 is for switch (LAN).
m1.example.com - 10.0.0.2
m2.example.com - 192.168.16.1
2. secondly I cannot get the SOA record. what interface should be used as SOA?? i tried m1 as it is "primary" (iprb0) and connects to the internet. however, it didn't work.
i even tried m3.example.com trying to combine two interfaces as below (still won't work):
my db files (excerps, server is down, writing from home) :
DB.EXAMPLE.COM
$TTL 3h
@ IN SOA m3.example.com. admin.example.com. ( 1 3h 1h 1w 1h)
IN NS m3.example.com.
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
m1.example.com IN A 10.0.0.2
m2.example.com IN A 192.168.16.1
example.com IN MX 10 m3.example.com
m3 IN A 10.0.0.2
IN A 192.168.16.1
DB.10.0.0$TTL 3h
@ IN SOA m3.example.com. admin.example.com. ( 1 3h 1h 1w 1h)
IN NS m3.example.com.
1 IN PTR m3.example.com
DB.192.168.16$TTL 3h
@ IN SOA m3.example.com. admin.example.com. ( 1 3h 1h 1w 1h)
IN NS m3.example.com.
2 IN PTR m3.example.com
DB.127.0.0$TTL 3h
@ IN SOA m3.example.com. admin.example.com. ( 1 3h 1h 1w 1h)
IN NS m3.example.com.
1 IN PTR localhost.the previuous incarnation of the files contained m1 instead of m3 as SOA and NS, but like i mentioned already, it didn't work either.
i am able to ping router 10.0.0.1, but can't surf.
when i nslookup m3.example.com it gives:
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Name: m3.example.com
Address: 10.0.0.2
Name: m3.example.com
Address: 192.168.16.1and if i nslookup m1.example.com and m2.example.com it gives proper addresses (10.0.0.2 and 192.168.16.1 respectively).
DNS is running and files don't return errors after named-checkzone.
the idea is to make DNS server work for local network (192.168.16/24) and install postfix on top. however i am stuck with DNS at the moment.
please, anybody point me in the right direction - need to get this working by tomorrow!!!!!
many thanks for your replies.

Answer 1

Whats your named.conf look like? Also, google DNS forwarder/forwarding....
Tom de