title: DNS problem, nslookup works, ping doesn't
body: <p>I am setting up a development server in my flat. I have set up an Ubuntu DNS server on it and have added the zone weddinglist (just weddinglist - no <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain" rel="noreferrer">TLD</a>. It's just an internal domain.)</p>
  
  <p>This works fine on my Ubuntu laptop.</p>
  
  <p>On all my Windows PCs (Vista and XP) I get the following from the command prompt:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\Giles Roadnight&gt;nslookup weddinglist
  Server:  UnKnown
  Address:  192.168.0.40
  
  Name:    weddinglist
  Address:  192.168.0.41
  
  
  C:\Users\Giles Roadnight&gt;ping 192.168.0.41
  
  Pinging 192.168.0.41 with 32 bytes of data:
  Reply from 192.168.0.41: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=64
  Reply from 192.168.0.41: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=64
  Reply from 192.168.0.41: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=64
  Reply from 192.168.0.41: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=64
  
  Ping statistics for 192.168.0.41:
  Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
  Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
  
  C:\Users\Giles Roadnight&gt;ping weddinglist
  Ping request could not find host weddinglist. Please check the name and try again.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My ipconfig:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\Giles Roadnight&gt;ipconfig -all
  
  Windows IP Configuration
  
     Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Giles-Desktop
     Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
     Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
     IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
     WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
  
  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
  
     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : **-**-**-**-**-**
     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
     Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f179:680f:f313:5448%8(Preferred)
     IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5(Preferred)
     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.40
     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am pretty sure that I have the DNS set up OK as the nslookup is OK but I can't ping and I can't access webpages at weddinglist.</p>
  
  <p>How can I make ping work for the Windows PCs?</p>