Linux won't resolve domain names

[jamesl22]

Hi,

I'm making a new lightweight linux disribution for educational purposes. I can connect to the internet via ethernet but I can only get to places via IP address. Trying to browse to "google.com" will fail but browsing to googles IP will work.

So here is the contents and outputs of all relevant things:
resolv.conf:

# Generated by dhcpcd from eth0
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
nameserver 192.168.1.1
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line

nsswitch.conf:

passwd: files
groups: files

hosts: dns files
networks: files

host google.com:

google.com        A        173.194.36.104

ping google.com:

ping: google.com: Resolver Error 0 (no error)

wget google.com:

--2010-10-02 20:53:44-- http://google.com/
Resolving google.com... failed: No address associated with hostname.
wget: unable to resolve host address 'google.com'

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

James

[rcgreen]

nameserver 192.168.1.1

It looks like you have a router and it is giving its address
as a name server to dhcp clients. For some reason, it isn't
working right. Open a web browser on your computer
and enter the address 192.168.1.1
This will allow you to configure the router. You may be able to
make it pass on name server addresses supplied by your ISP,
or other addresses, if you know an address of a good name server.
The ISP ones are the usual choice.

[jamesl22]

The router is working fine as a dns server. It works in windows and ubuntu. I have tried changing it to opendns's address but this does not fix the problem.

[rcgreen]

How did you build this OS? Maybe there is a missing component.

It is odd that the host command resolves google correctly
but other programs fail. Try checking addresses with nslookup
and dig.