Airport seems fine, but is not REALLY connecting to internet

Hi, I am using a Belkin 54G to connect my iBook G3 to internet. I am sharing the router with others in my house. However, things stopped working for me 2 days ago while it is fine for others.
I have restarted the machine, turning on and off the airport to see if anything would work. no luck. it shows that it detects the belkin and I do have a strong signal. however, nothing works when i try to use safari, mail, ichat, software update... etc.
has there been a recent update on airport cards that i don't know about? or is there someway i can re-setup the airport on the computer to take me back to 3 days ago (when the airport was running normally...)
thank you so much for your help!
_pt

Hello.
WiFi can get cranky without warning. You just have to adapt to the situation.
First, try resetting the router. There may be a button to do this; if not, unplug it for a minute. What many people don't realize is that the router is really a computer running server software, and all computers can get hung up and need to be rebooted. This may or may not solve your problem, but it's easy enough to do.
If your router is OK, then you need to check your MacOS X network preferences. Make sure that Airport has highest priority in your Network Port Configurations and that its box has been checked.
Please post back if these quick fixes don't work. Then you need to do some more technical stuff. Good luck.

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