Adam Thanks for your reply.
> Are you sure that firewalls/NATs on the way are configured correctly? Actually no, not completely sure ... > What happen when you try "dig @198.41.0.4 ns" ? (198.41.0.4 is address > of A root server) ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> @198.41.0.4 ns ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached I can ping 198.41.0.4 though ... As I said, if I add: forwarders { 165.76.12.2; 165.76.116.2; }; forward only; to my named.conf, I can dig google.com, but "dig @198.41.0.4 ns" still fails. I'm confused. Ian Masters