wget not resolving domain names

[Paul Howarth]

Cameron Beattie wrote:
> I have the following issue where wget won't resolve a domain name the 
> first time I try it. It will only resolve the name once I do an nslookup.
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf
> nameserver 192.168.0.253
> 
> ping fedoraproject.org
> PING fedoraproject.org (152.3.183.74) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from fedoraproject.org (152.3.183.74): icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 
> time=286 ms
> 
> wget http://fedoraproject.org/extras/3/i386/plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm
> --05:11:00--  
> http://fedoraproject.org/extras/3/i386/plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm
>           => `plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm'
> Resolving fedoraproject.org... 1.0.0.0
> Connecting to fedoraproject.org|1.0.0.0|:80...
> 
> nslookup
> 
>> fedoraproject.org
> 
> Server:         192.168.0.253
> Address:        192.168.0.253#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:   fedoraproject.org
> Address: 152.3.183.74
> 
> wget http://fedoraproject.org/extras/3/i386/plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm
> --05:11:37--  
> http://fedoraproject.org/extras/3/i386/plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm
>           => `plone-2.0.5-2.noarch.rpm'
> Resolving fedoraproject.org... 152.3.183.74
> Connecting to fedoraproject.org|152.3.183.74|:80... connected.
> 
> I am using Fedora Core 3.
> 
> I'm sure there is a very simple solution. Any help would be appreciated.

Please post the output of:

$ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf

Is the nameserver at 192.168.0.253 reliable?

Try looking up an IP address that you haven't tried recently and see if 
it returns the same results every time, e.g.

$ dig @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no
$ dig @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no

Paul.