help..sinking fast...nslookup errors

[Hayden Wimmer]

when trying the following on my name server running bind 8.9.3

nslookup hostname.domain.com

where the hostname and domain is the hostname and domain of the name server

i get

***cant find server name for address 192.168.10.71(the name servers ip): no
response from server
***default servers not avaiable


all my forward junk works just fine...anyone have any ideas???

please help