hi all

I have an odd problem with wget - basically it fails to resolve hostnames correctly. For instance, using it to download the php source I might get this:

Resolving au.php.net... 1.0.0.0

.. but if I ping au.php.net, it works outputting

64 bytes from au.php.net (203.16.234.91): icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=52.3 ms

and if I try wget again, it now resolves the host correctly and the download proceeds without any problems.

Evidently the IP address obtained by ping is being cached. But how do I diagnose the problem with wget? I'm fairly new to linux, so any advice will be greatly appreciated!

cheers
Rob

Do you have any unusual entries in /etc/hosts? This can cause confusion, especially if ping is statically built to only do DNS queries.

nope, just the loopback and the host's own local lan ip address

It appears to be the fault of my crappy D-Link DSL-G604T router.

In case anyone else has this problem, the workaround is to edit /etc/resolv.conf replacing the router's ip address with your ISP's DNS server's.

Works for me