Wireless problems

[#1]

I have a D-link wireless modem/router wired to the main computer using vista.
I have 2 other computers in the house. One is set up with a netgear wireless adapter. The other I am trying to set up in the same way, also with a netgear USB wireless adapter.
I loaded the driver ok and installed the adapter
Running the netgear program it shows that a good signal is being received at 54Mbps.
In internet options I set it to never dial a connection and detect settings automatically. I checked tghe browser to see that there was no tick in browse offline.
I have tried everything I could think of but can't get anything to show up on the browser
I tried installing firefox to see if it was IE6 but no luck there
I called Netgear who had me do everything I did already and had to give up with them because they just had me running around in circles.
They eventually had asked me to try the adapter on another computer to see if it worked but I have reasons for not wanting to do that.
I tried setting up an email account and email sends and receives perfectly.
It has to be an issue with the browser.
I'm using XP professional on that computer by the way
Can anyone help/
Thanks

[#2]

Thank you for your reply.
All firewalls are turned off. also antivirus
As yet there is no security set up on the router.
I got the reading you asked for
although I am asking for the advice on behalf of a friend who is not with plusnet (I'm trying to persuade him to move).
he readout I got is as follows:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\paul>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-9bhfyejuqz
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR RangeMax(TM) Wireless USB 2.
0 Adapter WPN111 #5
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-4D-D6-4A-B8
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::218:4dff:fed6:4ab8%5
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                            fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 03 September 2007 08:41:44
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 03 September 2007 09:41:44
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%4
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
Thanks again

[#3]

What error are they getting from IE ?
If they type 192.168.1.1  into the browser do they get anything?
Can they ping 194.119.131.66 ie from a cmd prompt
try from a cmd prompt tracert 194.119.131.66 and post the results.
If they work then its a problem with IE or the router try
Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools, and then click Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).
See if this works if it does then its an addon problem if it is you can cure it for details see
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

[#4]

Thanks for that.
But would it be likely to be an ie problem when I get nothing in firefox either.
I cant remember if I said it before but emails in outlook express work fine both sending and receiving.
You can see on the bottom of the browser that the pages are being found. They are just not loading.

[#5]

Quote from: samuria

What error are they getting from IE ? If they type 192.168.1.1  into the browser do they get anything? Can they ping 194.119.131.66 ie from a cmd prompt try from a cmd prompt tracert 194.119.131.66 and post the results. If they work then its a problem with IE or the router try Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools, and then click Internet Explorer (No Add-ons). See if this works if it does then its an addon problem if it is you can cure it for details see http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

I am still struggling with this problem.
I disabled all add-ons and it still doesnt work
I re-installed the drivers for the Netgear USB adapter
I tried ping 194.119.131.66 and got
Reply from 194.119.131.66
Bytes=32 time 31ms tl=64
Bytes=32 time=34ms tl=54
Ping stats for 194.119.131.66
packets sent=4 received 3 lost 1 (25% loss)
approx round trip in milliseconds = Min 31, max 34, average 32
When I try tracert 194.119.131.66 I get a list of about 14 starting with mygateway1ar7[192.168.1.1] followed by a load m including tiscali and claranet
By the way
when i open IE instead of opening the url for bbc it searches for 1.0.0.0
I also got the following info from system>tools>internet explorer
connection prefs. never dial
LAN settings
autoconfigProxy  winenet.dll
autoproxydetectmode enabled
autoconfig URL
Proxy disabled
proxyserver
proxyoverride
broadband connection
autoproxydetectmode enabled
autoconfig URL
Proxy disabled
proxyserver
proxyoverride
internet programs to use connection  Not available
Maximum attempts 10
Waits betweeb  5sec
disconnect idle time 20min
Modem WAN miniport (PPPOE)
Dialup server PPP
Logon to network  No
Enable software compression  Yes
Req enc. password  No
Req data enc  no
Network protocols  TCP/IP
Use server IP address  yes
IP address  0.0.0.0
use server assigned Name Server  yes
Name server addresses
Primery DNS 0.0.0.0
secondary DNS 0.0.0.0
Primary WINS 0.0.0.0
Secondary WINS 0.0.0.0
Ise IP header compression  No
Use default gateway  yes
The netgear program shows that It gets 64% signal strength
Emails work ok
Theres currently no security on the router so thats not the cause
Both windows and norton firewalls are disabled
I get nothing on firefox either
I dont like to be beaten so I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks

[#6]

Have a look in internet options then select connections tab, select LAN settings and make sure that use a proxy server for your LAN is not selected.  I know this can give the problem you are having or something similar.

[#7]

Quote from: kryten1st

Have a look in internet options then select connections tab, select LAN settings and make sure that use a proxy server for your LAN is not selected.  I know this can give the problem you are having or something similar.

Thanks but that is one of the first things I checked
Beleive it or not I'm quite knowledgeable on the subject. and this is the first time I've been stumped.
Even Netgear help line didn't get to the bottom of it.
I tried a different adapter from 2wire which I have used on several systems without probs and I couldn't even get it to install on this machine.
By the way, when connected directly to the router via ethernet this machine works fine. There are reasons why we dont want to use it as the main computer though so I'd really liuke to get to the bottom of this

[#8]

Since you can ping external ip addresses successfully, you have a working network!
However, I am guessing that you need to sort out your DNS addresses. It's a bit tedious if you change ISP but can I suggest that you use static IP addresses on your local network?
You will need to enter the PlusNet DNS addresses into each PC (as well as your router).

[#9]

It sound like a MTU setting wrong as this would do it. I assume every other pc works ok?
get a command prompt ie start run cmd
and then type
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
see if that work or post the file c:\resetlog.txt

[#10]

Just a thought - but since you can ping addresses and send e-mails it probably isn't this. 
Do you have MAC address filtering turned on?  If you have, have you added your PC's MAC address to the whitelist?