DHCP connects but i cannot resolve names

[oxy]

Hi friends,
i get a wifi dhcp connection but cannot resolve names.
Look some steps:

me% iwconfig ath0 essid nnnnnnnnnnnn key xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
me% iwpriv ath0 authmode 1
me% iwconfig ath0 ap <hardware address>

me% dhclient ath0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 5104
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/ath0/<hardware address>
Sending on   LPF/ath0/<hardware address>
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.2.1
bound to 192.168.2.36 -- renewal in 164964 seconds.

me% ping 64.233.187.99
PING 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=240 time=194 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=240 time=189 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=240 time=186 ms
... ... ...

me%  ifconfig ath0
ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr <hardware address>
          inet addr:192.168.2.36  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::bla bla bla/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:493 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:186953 (182.5 KiB)  TX bytes:102942 (100.5 KiB)

me% route add default gw 192.168.2.36
me% nslookup www.yahoo.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

me% echo "its a debian etch, madwifi driver, atheros r5.... card :-) \
    thanks in advance for any help ..."

[kakariko81280]

me% route add default gw 192.168.2.36

I'd be suspicious of that line. First of all, dhcp should provide you with a default gateway, meaning this line is unrequired.

Also, you are setting your default gateway to be the machine you are working on. The IP used here should be the address of the device that actually had Internet access. (looks like 192.168.2.1).

Try not issuing the route command and see how you get on. After that you can try issuing it with the IP of the Internet gateway.

If you still run into problems; reset everything and try this:

dhclient ath0
ifconfig ath0
route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ping www.yahoo.com

Then post the output here and we might be able to help you out.

Let us know how you get on.

Chris...