bind not resolving localy

[Kalin Mintchev]

hi list,

i have a redhat 7.2 box with bind 9.1.3 on it.
bind is running. the first nameserver on the machine is the same IP as the
machine itself. when i do dig for my.daomain.com the query defaults to the
second name server. if i force it to look on the same machine with dig
@this.machine i get the right results.
the logs don't log anything weird
i can't find anything wrong with the named.conf..
this wouldn't be a problem except it slows down the ftp, ssh and other
sessions...
also if i do ping to something.whatever.com i get huge dropouts, but if i
ping the same machine using the IP address the ping is fine...
it seems to be somewhere on the resolving part but i can't figure it out..

can somebody help?

thanks