[Techtalk] ssh and name resolution

[Maria McKinley]

Hey there,

Anyone ever seen anything like this? I can resolve host names with host, 
dig, and ping, but not ssh:

buttercup:/etc# ssh parody at homer.u.washington.edu
ssh: Could not resolve hostname homer.u.washington.edu: Name or service 
not known
buttercup:/etc# host homer.u.washington.edu
homer.u.washington.edu has address 140.142.15.9
homer.u.washington.edu has address 140.142.12.214
homer.u.washington.edu has address 140.142.12.213
homer.u.washington.edu mail is handled by 20 seuss01.u.washington.edu.
buttercup:/etc# dig homer.u.washington.edu

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> homer.u.washington.edu
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38678
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;homer.u.washington.edu.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
homer.u.washington.edu.	1	IN	A	140.142.12.214
homer.u.washington.edu.	1	IN	A	140.142.12.213
homer.u.washington.edu.	1	IN	A	140.142.15.9

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
homer.u.washington.edu.	34658	IN	NS	dnsload2.cac.washington.edu.
homer.u.washington.edu.	34658	IN	NS	dnsload1.cac.washington.edu.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dnsload2.cac.washington.edu. 50	IN	A	140.142.10.207
dnsload1.cac.washington.edu. 290 IN	A	140.142.17.215

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 10.208.108.13#53(10.208.108.13)
;; WHEN: Mon Sep  8 15:50:16 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 170

buttercup:/etc# ping homer.u.washington.edu
PING homer.u.washington.edu (140.142.12.214) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from homer23.u.washington.edu (140.142.12.214): icmp_seq=1 
ttl=60 time=0.348 ms
64 bytes from homer23.u.washington.edu (140.142.12.214): icmp_seq=2 
ttl=60 time=0.674 ms
64 bytes from homer23.u.washington.edu (140.142.12.214): icmp_seq=3 
ttl=60 time=0.641 ms
^C
--- homer.u.washington.edu ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.348/0.554/0.674/0.147 ms

any ideas?

thanks,
maria