[sf-lug] curious name resolving problem

[Alex Kleider]

I've got a puzzling situation in which ping works but ssh can't resolve a url.
Can anyone suggest how this can be? I reckon if I understood that, I might be able to fix it.

Here's the evidence:
"""alex at dp8:~$ ping kleico.net
PING kleico.net (76.191.206.83) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 76-191-206-83.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net (76.191.206.83): icmp_req=1 ttl=251 time=21.6 ms
64 bytes from 76-191-206-83.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net (76.191.206.83): icmp_req=2 ttl=251 time=21.5 ms
64 bytes from 76-191-206-83.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net (76.191.206.83): icmp_req=3 ttl=251 time=20.8 ms
^C
--- kleico.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.895/21.379/21.668/0.383 ms
alex at dp8:~$ ssh -p5223 kleico.net
ssh: Could not resolve hostname kleico.net: No address associated with hostname
alex at dp8:~$ ssh -p5223 76.191.206.83
alex at 76.191.206.83's password: 
"""
I've googled "ssh fails to resolve url" but only find references to situations when all resolving function fails, not when it seems to affect only ssh.  Firefox resolves kleico.net satisfacorily as does w3m:
"""
w3m http://kleico.net:5162
"""
Can anyone shed some light?  It would be appreciated.
alex
ps Apologies to Rick for using "Security by Obscurity":-)  I was doing it before I first heard you disparage the practice and just simply never switched back- mainly because it's a way of getting to specific machines when there are more than one on the network.
a_kleider at yahoo.com
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