Constant Safari Connection Issues

I am having a lot of connection issues. It seems from reading here that others are having some of the same issues. I am running Leopard, just upgraded a few weeks ago. It didn't seem that the problems started right after the upgrade. I then added a back up drive for time machine. I have parallels installed as well.
The connection issues are not specific to Safari, although they do occur with Safari more than anything else. The errors I receive are "Not connected to the internet" or "server not found". This also occurs in Firefox and iTunes. I have checked my internet connection over and over and everything is fine. I can access all these same things with another computer.
In my diagnosis steps I have disconnected the router 'DLink DIR-655 and connected directly to my cable modem. Everything seemed to work fine using that method. However, I cannot keep it that way for obvious reasons. I have adjusted all the settings in my router, but nothing has helped.
I am currently in my XP shell withing Parallels using IE7 to write this. Interestingly I am having no connection issues within the Parallels shell.
Does anyone have any suggestions. At this point I am not sure what else to try.

newslacker -
I have solved my problem. The problem started occuring after my upgrade to 10.5. The OS seems to be having trouble with the DNS cache. In network settings my routers IP address was set as the DNS. I added an additional DNS in advanced settings. I used my ISP's DNS to do this. Since I did it everything works great and the internet is back up to speed as well.
This is a Leopard issue that I fould in another thread. One thing led to another and it worked. I suggest you try the same.

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