> > NetBSD.  However, I did hear that I could use my
> > router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
> > server on my isp.  However, once I set it up to try it
> > out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
> > network hang right after I hit the enter button and
> > will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
> > starts listing if the pings were successful.  Why
> 
> It's trying, unsucessfully, to resolve the domain supplied.
> 
> > would that be?  It wasn't doing this before I
> > configured it  for the router.  

You've probably mis-configured BIND.  The NetBSD guide explains 
how to set up a caching-only name server, which is probably what
you want:

	http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-dns.html

David S.