DNS working but not really

I am new to windows 2003 and the whole DNS deal. I have installed DNS server on the server. It seems to work fine. I do NSLOOKUP and it works fine but i think from internally only. So here are my questions.

What are my next step to get the DNS out to the real world so i can host my website.

Can someone please direct me in the right direction.

thanks
shy
shy749@hotmail.com

let me see the results of this dos command:

netstat -an | find ":53"

This will tell me 2 things. Whether or not you're directly connected to the internet or via a router or something, and whether the server is listening on the proper interface. Just in case you're not directly connected to the internet, I want to see the IP you see on this website:

www.whatismyip.com

TCP 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:53 Listening
UDP 127.0.0.1:53 *:*
UDP 192.168.111.3:53 *.*


Whatismyip.com displayed this ip: 67.126.173.34

thanks
shy

ok very good. Now it's time to configure your router. You need to forward port 53 for both UDP and TCP to 192.168.111.3:53. This is one way to describe the forwarding information:

TCP 67.126.173.34:53 to 192.168.111.3:53
UDP 67.126.173.34:53 to 192.168.111.3:53

but i dont if my router has forwarding option in it. So do i need to configure forwarding on my DNS server. Can u give me detailed information on this. Think of me as i know nothing in this area.

thanks
shy

Can you help me configure my DNS server first with primary and secondary nameserver first. Cuz i dont think i have configured anything like tat. I have only installed DNS server and configured the forward and reverse lookup zones. Thats bout it

thanks shy

Your DNS server isn't going to help you. You need to configure the router to let people talk to your computer. As far as I know, all routers has a forwarding option. What kind of router do you have?

i have a watchbox firebox soho 6. Below is the user guide for the router.

http://www.watchguard.com/help/docs...HOUserGuide.pdf

thanks
shy

Read Chapter 3.

I have the same firebox as you. You just loginto it provide the admin/pass and go to forwarding it is a bit harder in that firebox than lets say a cisco router, i finaly removed it and replaced my soho with a linksys router

TCP 0.0.0.0:53 *:* Listening
TCP 192.168.111.3:1149 192.168.111.3:53 TIME-WAIT
UDP 127.0.0.1 *:*
UDP 192.168.111.3:53 *:*


I tried configuring the router and this is what i came with. Is this what it is supposed to do.