Applications think I'm not connected to internet, yet I am

I'm going crazy here. I have been using Mac OSX for a few years with no problems. Yesterday, after using the httpmail plugin for 2 years to read my hotmail in Mail app, it stopped working. Today, while I am connected to the internet via an ethernet connection and able to read the web and ssh without any problems, I cannot use either Speed Download or Software Update. Both apps think that I am not connected to the internet. Can anybody tell me how I can be online, yet some applications think that I am not?
Thanks, Tricia
Powerbook G4 800Mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Turned out I had a web proxy box ticked in the Network/Proxies settings. Not sure how this happened, but unticking it solved all problems.

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