wget not resolving domain names

[Cameron Beattie]

> 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.
>>
>
> Please post the output of:
>
> $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf

#hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
hosts:      files dns

>
> 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.

The results are different the second time, see below:
>
> $ dig @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no

; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44895
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.uit.no.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.uit.no.             86400   IN      CNAME   w3s2.uit.no.
w3s2.uit.no.            86400   IN      A       129.242.5.89

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
uit.no.                 56830   IN      NS      benoni.uit.no.
uit.no.                 56830   IN      NS      nac.no.
uit.no.                 56830   IN      NS      lozen.uit.no.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
nac.no.                 67455   IN      A       129.240.2.40
lozen.uit.no.           71859   IN      A       129.242.5.254
benoni.uit.no.          56830   IN      A       129.242.4.254

;; Query time: 768 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.253#53(192.168.0.253)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov  1 18:31:07 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 170

> $ dig @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no
; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> @192.168.0.253 www.uit.no
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39902
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.uit.no.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.uit.no.             10000   IN      A       129.242.5.89

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.253#53(192.168.0.253)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov  1 18:31:51 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 44

>
Thanks for your reply

Cameron