belkin wireless nightmare!

[Daverobb]

doesn't work

sudo dhclient wlan0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 6638
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
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All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:11:50:97:47:d0
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:11:50:97:47:d0
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.100 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.1.100 from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.100 -- renewal in 34529 seconds.
flor@flor-laptop:~$ ping -c 3 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com

big hmmmm

[SunnyRabbiera]

Broadcom really sucks, I would just get a new wireless adapter.
Linksys seems to work for the most part.

[Daverobb]

makes sense -- but still a drag to give up

[lswb]

Your dhclient output:

 DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.100 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
 DHCPACK of 192.168.1.100 from 192.168.1.1
 bound to 192.168.1.100 -- renewal in 34529 seconds.

shows that the adapter is working, it is associated with the AP and has an ip address assigned. A few things to check:
-What happens when you ping another host on the local net or ping the router itself? i.e. ping 192.168.1.1
-Make sure you haven't inadvertently set up any firewall rules that are blocking connections.
-Is it possible your router is not letting packets from your system go beyond the local net?