BIND 9 - very strange local ping delay

[AINA ALAIN PATRICK]

> Hi,
> 
> BIND 9 is acting very strange.When I try to ping a hostname (www.mydomain.com)
> using local console (at DNS server itself ) a got the DNS answer after a very long delay
> 8-10 seconds !!!!. But.... when I use a LAN station to ping my DNS server (and any other station in LAN)  I got the answer very quick. (<10ns). In short -- everything is working fine except the case when I'm using DNS serve keybord to try to ping somthing.

check if your resolver on your DNS is using itself to resolve.

hope this helps

--alain