Hardware wirelessly connected to internet, but browser is not

Hi,
My T61 laptop is only 5months old.  Two months ago it started giving me the following problem:
My computer claims that it is connected to a wireless network with a good signal strength.  However when I open my Firefox browser, it does not connect to the internet.  Sometimes it does connect with no problems, and sometimes it connects with a very slow speed.  Through all of this my computer still claims I am connected to a wireless network with good speed.
Sometimes I have to disconnect and connect a couple of times to my network (and other networks that I need to use) for me to be able to use my browser.  I have no idea why my computer does this.  This also happens with IE.
The extended warranty unfortunately does not cover "software issues" so I have no idea what to do.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

oozedogg wrote:
The WAP's I use are for various places, my home, my friends house, school and the library.  My computer connects to all of these places with ease.  However when I pull up the broswer window it does not connect to the internet.
In Firefox, Tools> Options> Advanced> Network> Settings> Make sure the box for "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network" is checked.
Report back.
Regards,
James
Full disclosure, I don't work for Lenovo.
James at Thinkpads dot com

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