Not sure if I just need to wait or what on this DNS

Ok, well I have setup bind on win2k server, edited all of the configuration files according to SilentRage's wonderful post (thanks!). I launched the ICS BIND service with no errors. Though when I go to DNS Crawler and try to check myself I don't see any of my information that I listed when setting up bind. I have obviously overlooked something that is probably very basic and easy but I have no idea where to start since I have never attempted this before.

I have 3 total servers, only one is setup with bind so far (didn't want to set the others up till I had one working),
My domain is aphexnetworks.com
these servers are

24.106.162.250 static ip running BIND should be (ns1.aphexnetworks.com) already is dc.alloutassault.com
156.63.251.237 static ip should be (ns2.aphexnetworks.com) already is ts2.alloutassault.com
156.63.251.239 static ip should be (ns3.aphexnetworks.com) already is ts.alloutassault.com

That might be confusing

Now at godaddy.com I went in and added under DOMAIN HOST SUMMARY ns1.aphexnetworks.com and ns2.aphexnetworks.com already. Then I went to SET NAME SERVERS and changed those to ns1.aphexnetworks.com and ns2...

That is where I am stuck. Is there anyway you could review my config files and see if I have any errors. I would be most appreciative for any help. Thank you in advance!

dig @24.106.162.250 aphexnetworks.com axfr

I see your zone perfectly fine. If you're setting 3 name servers at your registrar you should have 3 NS records in your zone file. And if the 3rd NS is also based on your domain you'll need the A record to give it an IP.

dig @156.63.251.237 aphexnetworks.com axfr

And the IP address for ns2 I don't see much of anything at all. This server should be setup as a slave to the ns1 so that it will automatically download a copy of the original zone.

dig @156.63.251.239 aphexnetworks.com axfr

At the 3rd ns IP we get yet another version of the zone with nothing much at all. Set this server to be a slave to ns1 as well.

dig can't do this

And here I set the server to a.root-servers.net to start resolving your domain starting at the root - just like a resolver (caching) dns server does. I set LR (local recursion) to only 1 so that it only makes one bounce to the next server. The result is a list of your host name servers. It appears you are still parked. After changing the hosts at your registrar you may have to wait up to 48 hours for the changes to take effect.

(NOTE: dig is a utility that comes with bind which can be used to test name server configuration. It's like DNS Crawler except it tests locally while dns crawler tests remotely.)

Ok this is good, based upon the positive feed back that you have given me from ns1 I went ahead and configured ns2 and ns3 as well, here is what I now have for all three

ns1

ns2

ns3

So as it stands right now, all that I am waiting on is for my registrar to update the hosts (which could be 48 hours) and based upon what dns crawler turns up I should be good to go? All 3 (ns1, ns2, ns3) look the same to me now. Let me know what you think.

Thanks so much!

Notice that the contact email address in the SOA record in ns2 and ns3 is screwed. That's the benefit of using DNS Crawler - it shows you format errors that can't be caught by BIND error checking.

Also the serial numbers are different, they should be the same. I remind you once again that ns2 and ns3 should download their zone from ns1 - don't try to configure all 3 servers manually. The terminology where ns2 and ns3 downloads from ns1 is called "slave" servers or "secondary dns" servers.

Phew, ok, I think I finally have understood and implemented what you have said in the previous posts.

My master DNS server is located at:
ns1.aphexnetworks.com

And the two secondary or slave DNS servers at:
ns2.aphexnetworks.com and ns3.aphexnetworks.com

Hopefully I have been a good student and learned well! Did I pass the final exam, does it look correct now?

ah, very good. Now the last thing you need to know is that whenever you change the master zone file, you need to update the SOA serial number. Anytime you raise the value of the serial number slaves will update themselves with the latest zone revision. Also, it is recommended that you use the date formatted serial number format. Currently your serial is this:

2004041700

This suggests that the last time the zone was edited was the year 2004, month 04, day 17, 00 revision number. So the next time you edit it, update the date. If you edit the file more than once in a day, raise the revision number by 1 with each change. Reset the revision number to 0 if you change the master zone on a later date. All that is optional however, as long as the number is a higher value with each edit, slaves will always stay up-to-date.

Ahh excellent, that makes perfect sense. I thank you very much for your prompt and extremely helpful responses. Once this is live and working I will be back here to ask you about running more than the one domain on the nameservers