this should not be a lengthily HOWTO, i would simply list all config files which need to be changed to set up DNS/BIND correctly...

first the machines in my network:

now lets look at the config files:

let us start with /etc/names.conf

options {
    directory "/var/named";
 // change this to the ip's of your isp's dns-servers
    forwarders { 195.34.133.11; 195.34.133.10; 195.3.96.67; };
    forward first;
    notify no;
    /*
    * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
    * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
    * directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
    * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
    * port by default.
    */
    // query-source address * port 53;
    };

logging {
    category queries { null; };
    category lame-servers { null; };
    };

         // a caching only nameserver config
          //
          controls {
    inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
    };

zone "." IN {
    type hint;
    file "named.ca";
    };

zone "localhost" IN {
    type master;
    file "localhost.zone";
    allow-update { none; };
    };
 

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
         type master;
         file "named.local";
         allow-update { none; };
 };

// my zones....
          zone "krikkit" in {
    type master;
    file "db.krikkit";
    };

zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" in {
    type master;
    file "db.192.168.0";
    };

         include "/etc/rndc.key";
        

now the file db.krikkit in the /var/named directory

$TTL 3h
 krikkit.        IN      SOA server.krikkit. root.localhost. (
                 1999100502 ; serial
                 28800 ; refresh
                 14400 ; retry
                 3600000 ; expire
                 86400 ; default_ttl
                 )
 krikkit.                IN      NS      server.krikkit.
 localhost.krikkit.      IN      A       127.0.0.1
 server.krikkit.         IN      A       192.168.0.1
 zaphod.krikkit.         IN      A       192.168.0.1
 krikkit.krikkit.        IN      A       192.168.0.5
 marvin.krikkit.         IN      A       192.168.0.6
 andi.krikkit.           IN      A       192.168.0.7  

db.192.168.0 in the /var/named directory

$TTL 3h
 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN      SOA     server.krikkit.  root.localhost. (
                 1999100511 ; serial
                 28800 ; refresh
                 14400 ; retry
                 3600000 ; expire
                 86400 ; default_ttl
                 )
 ; Nameserver:
 ;
 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.         IN      NS      server.krikkit.
 ; Adressen zeigen auf kanonische Namen
 ;
 1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.       IN      PTR server.krikkit.
 5.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.      IN       PTR krikkit.krikkit.
 6.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.      IN       PTR marvin.krikkit.
 7.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.      IN       PTR andi.krikkit.

localhost.zone in the /var/named directory

$TTL 86400
         $ORIGIN localhost.
         @ 1D IN SOA @ root (
 42 ; serial (d. adams)
 3H ; refresh
 15M ; retry
 1W ; expiry
 1D ) ; minimum

 1D IN NS @
   1D IN A 127.0.0.1
       

named.local in the /var/named directory

$TTL 2D
 @               IN SOA          localhost.   root.localhost. (
                                 42              ; serial (d. adams)
                                 1D              ; refresh
                                 2H              ; retry
                                 1W              ; expiry
                                 2D )            ; minimum

 IN NS localhost.          1 IN PTR localhost.         

you could leave named.ca like it is, so i won't show it here.

now you should also change /etc/resolv.conf to use your named

/etc/resolv.conf

search krikkit
   nameserver 192.168.0.1
; just a few backup servers
   nameserver 195.34.133.11
   nameserver 195.34.133.10
   nameserver 195.3.96.67
 

also quite interesting is the /etc/hosts file ;-)

[root@zaphod named]# more /etc/hosts
   # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
   # that require network functionality will fail.
   127.0.0.1 zaphod.skynet zaphod

this should be the most important files, i hope i missed nothing, if so please tell me...