Have network connection, but no internet connection

My son has a Macbook that he can use to connect wirelessly at school, friends and even to our neighbors wireless connection no problem. We purchased a Linksys WRT54G so that he could connect at home. He has a network connection with a full signal, but when he tries Safari he gets a message that he has no internet connection. I've checked the settings suggested in other places in the forum, and they are ok. I'm afraid to mess around too much (even if I knew what to do) because I don't want to ruin his ability to connect at school. I am not very computer literate and this is our first Mac, so any help would be very much appreciated.
The router is WEP enabled. I have entered the key with a $ in front and it is being accepted, but even if I disable WEP, I can't get an internet connection.
In system preferences - Network
Airport is set by default to join: Automatic
TCP/IP is set as follows - Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
IPv6 Configure: Automatically
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

cmdmom, Welcome to the discussion area!
Create a new location following the directions in KB 106653, Using network locations in Mac OS X. Then he can easily switch between the current (school) settings and settings for the home network.
After the new network is created and selected, ensure that there is no proxy defined and ensure that the DNS fields are blank in the Network preference pane.

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