Solaris

i tried to configure DNS on my x86 PC ,in a network but after following all the below mentioned steps , I am getting the message ."timeout : unable to connect to DNS"

Steps followed :

Step 1. First check that the necessary packages are installed to configure DNS.

Step 2. Configure the IP address and check IP with the ifconfig -a command.

Step 3. Enter host name and IP address in the /etc/hosts file.

127.0.0.0 localhost
192.168.1.1 sun.example.com loghost

Step 4. Enter nameserver IP address and domain name in the /etc/resolv.conf file. If the file is not present, then create it.

domain example.com
search example.com
nameserver 192.168.1.1

Step 5. Configure the /etc/named.conf file for the forward and reverse zone files. If this file does not exist, then create it.

options {
DIRECTORY "/var/named";
};

zone " example.com" in {
type master;
file " example.com.zone";
};
zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file " example.com.rev";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file "loopback";
};

Step 6. Configure the forward zone and reverse zone files in the /var/named directory. If named directory is not there, create it.

Step 6a. Create a file example.com.zone under the /var/named directory.

// example.com.zone (forward zone file)


@ IN SOA sun.example.com. root.sun.example.com. (
2; Serial number
5; Refresh timer
3600; Retry timer- 1h
604800; Expire timer-1w
86400; Minimum timer -1d
)

IN NS sun.example.com.


sun IN A 192.168.1.1

example.com. IN A 192.168.1.1


localhost IN A 127.0.0.1


Step 6b. Create a file example.com.rev under /var/named directory.

// example.com.rev (reverse zone file)

@ IN SOA sun.example.com. root.sun.example.com. (
1; Serial no:
5; Refresh timer 12 hrs
3600; retry timer 1-hrs
604800; Expire timer -1 week
86400; Minimum timer - 1day
)


IN NS sun.example.com. ; Primary


1 IN PTR sun.example.com.

Step 6c. Create a file loopback under the /var/named directory.

loopback

@ IN SOA sun.example.com. root.sun.example.com. (

1; serial no
5; Refresh timer -12 hours
3600; retry timer -1 hrs
604800; Expire timer - 1 week
86400; Minimum timer - 1 day
)

IN NS sun.example.com.

1.0.0 IN PTR localhost.example.com.

Step 7. Copy /etc/nsswitch.dns to /etc/nsswitch.conf.

Step 8. Now reboot the machine or use this:

/etc/init.d/inetinit restart

Step 9. Check the configuration with this command:

nslookup <domainname>

your machine should act as a dns server?