I just installed a Linksys router, WRT54G, connected to a DSL modem (Verizon service). It works fine with a laptop with a wireless connection, but my Dell desktop connects to the router with a cable, and I can't get IE to connect to any websites, and Outlook Express can't connect to my mail server.
I can successfully ping websites by name or IP address, so the Dell has an internet connection. Ipconfig shows all the right addresses. Linksys support says the router is working as it should so the problem must be with Dell or IE.
The most bizzare behavior is that while IE will not connect to any website by name or IP number, it will connect to Google by number. Of course, none of the links Google supplies work.
If I unplug the router, and plug the DSL modem directly into the Dell, it works fine again.
Any ideas what might be wrong?
The Dell is a Dimension XPX T450. The NIC is a Netgear FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter. The modem is a Westell Wirespeed