diff --git a/bash/ns1.sh b/bash/ns1.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95459f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/ns1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+MYIP="1.1.1.9"
+
+KEY=ddns.key
+NS=ns.commoninternet.net
+DOMAIN=test2.time.commoninternet.net.
+ZONE=time.commoninternet.net
+
+nsupdate -k $KEY -v << EOF
+server $NS
+zone $ZONE
+update delete $DOMAIN A
+update add $DOMAIN 30 A $MYIP
+send
+EOF
diff --git a/bind_config/setting-up-bind.md b/bind_config/setting-up-bind.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1713d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bind_config/setting-up-bind.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+
+Add the following to /etc/bind/named.conf.local:
+```
+key "ddns-key.dyn.commoninternet.net" {
+	algorithm hmac-sha256;
+	secret "yoursecrethere";
+};
+
+zone "dyn.commoninternet.net" {
+type master;
+file "/var/lib/bind/dyn.commoninternet.net";
+     update-policy {
+	grant ddns-key.dyn.commoninternet.net subdomain dyn.commoninternet.net;
+        };
+};
+```
+
+
+Add the following to /var/lib/bind/dyn.commoninternet.net:
+```
+$ORIGIN      .
+$TTL 30      ; 30 seconds
+dyn.commoninternet.net              IN SOA  ns.commoninternet.net. root.commoninternet.net. (
+                             2016062801 ; serial
+                             3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
+                             600        ; retry (10 minutes)
+                             2600       ; expire (43 minutes 20 seconds)
+                             30         ; minimum (30 seconds)
+                             )
+                     NS      ns.commoninternet.net.
+```
+Note that this file needs to be in /var/lib/bind for bind to have proper write permissions. 
+
+You can then add, delete and update subdomains using nsupdate. 
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 6d4109a..1ef25be 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use trust_dns_client::client::{Client, SyncClient};
 use trust_dns_client::udp::UdpClientConnection;
+use trust_dns_client::tcp::TcpClientConnection;
 use trust_dns_client::op::DnsResponse;
 use trust_dns_client::op::update_message;
 use trust_dns_client::rr::{DNSClass, Name, RData, Record, RecordType, RecordSet};
@@ -21,16 +22,21 @@ use trust_dns_server::authority::{
 
 
 fn simple_test() {
-    let address = "127.0.0.1:12323".parse().unwrap();
+//    let address = "127.0.0.1:12323".parse().unwrap();
+    let address = "167.99.136.83:53".parse().unwrap();
     let conn = UdpClientConnection::new(address).unwrap();
     let client = SyncClient::new(conn);
+//    let conn = TcpClientConnection::new(address).unwrap();
+//    let client = SyncClient::new(conn);
 
        // Specify the name, note the final '.' which specifies it's an FQDN
-    let name = Name::from_str("peach.dyn.commoninternet.net").unwrap();
+    let name = Name::from_str("time.commoninternet.net.").unwrap();
 
     // NOTE: see 'Setup a connection' example above
     // Send the query and get a message response, see RecordType for all supported options
+    println!("++ making query");
     let response: DnsResponse = client.query(&name, DNSClass::IN, RecordType::A).unwrap();
+    println!("++ received response");
 
     // Messages are the packets sent between client and server in DNS, DnsResonse's can be
     //  dereferenced to a Message. There are many fields to a Message, It's beyond the scope
@@ -44,23 +50,26 @@ fn simple_test() {
     println!("found: {:?}", answers[0].rdata())
 }
 
-
-fn main() {
-
-    let address = "127.0.0.1:12323".parse().unwrap();
+fn update_test() {
+    let address = "167.99.136.83:53".parse().unwrap();
     let conn = UdpClientConnection::new(address).unwrap();
     let client = SyncClient::new(conn);
 
 
     // Specify the name, note the final '.' which specifies it's an FQDN
-    let name = Name::from_str("up.dyn.commoninternet.net").unwrap();
+    let name = Name::from_str("test.time.commoninternet.net").unwrap();
 
     let record = Record::from_rdata(name.clone(), 8, RData::A(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 10)));
     let rrset: RecordSet = record.clone().into();
-    let zone_origin = Name::from_str("dyn.commoninternet.net").unwrap();
+    let zone_origin = Name::from_str("time.commoninternet.net").unwrap();
 
-    let response: DnsResponse = client.create(rrset, zone_origin).unwrap();
+    let response: DnsResponse = client.create(rrset, zone_origin).expect("failed to create record");
     println!("response: {:?}", response);
-
-    // this also produces a response code of 4 (not yet implemented)
+}
+
+
+fn main() {
+
+//    simple_test();
+    update_test();
 }