Getting iWeb and .Mac to play nicely...

I posted the following in the .Mac general forum, but haven't gotten any movement or advise to help with the problem. Since the end result is that I can't publish from iWeb to .Mac I thought that I would repost it here to see if anyone prowling here has thoughts. Anything you can offer would be AWESOME!
--care
From .Mac general forum:
Boy do I have a challenge for you all...
I am an expat living in China and can't seem to get my mac to play nicely with the Great Firewall. I am looking for some help/advice on the subject.
I am connected using ethernet. We have a wireless router in the apartment that my husband has no trouble using (on his evil PC). I get a full signal, the computer says the wireless network is up and running... but I am unable to get anything loaded from the internet unless the cable is connected. This is just the beginning...
The real problem is with applications accessing the internet. My computer can't connect to .Mac unless I do it through the internet. If I open my system preferences I get an error message that reads, in part, "There's a problem connecting to the required iDisk server. Please try again later." Account name and password have been verified.
I think this is part of a bigger problem. Entourage can't download my email, but I can access my email if I go through the internet. None of my widgets that connect to the internet (CNN, eVites, weather) will connect to the internet. iWeb is unable to publish to my .Mac account because the computer can't sign on. I get a very pleasant error message there, too. I think something is blocking programs other than FireFox from getting an internet connection.
Does anyone out there have experience with this? On the count of three everyone put on your thinking cap! One...
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) iWeb 1.1.1

If the router works for your other computer (your partner's laptop) and is able to access the internet from there, then I'm pretty sure your router is fine as well as your internet connection.
The problems that you are describing certainly sound like there is something wrong with the network setup of your mac.
You should open up the System Preferences>Network pane and see if you are getting valid IPs either via wireless or via ethernet cable. You should have DHCP or "Obtain IP address automatically" selected. What is your current IP that is showing in the window?

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