Real basic stuff that has totally alluded me

It has been many moons since ive used OS9 and after Firefox3 killed my OSX install im starting all over again...with only half of my restore disks apparently. ANYWAY! Im back to using OS9 for awhile and i have one big issue: I cant get the web browsers (explorer or netscape) to understand that i do in fact have an internet connection.
My airport signal is at full strength in the key chain, and the internet control panel says i have a connection...but i if i try to use the web browser nothing happens....no web love...just a "connection error, please make sure your mac is connected to the internet" in the empty browser window.
Im sure that im missing something real basic and dumb, and im very sure that my problem is pretty bland compared to most of the real exotic dual-booting, networking with nasa, crazy stuff that some people want to do on here...but any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 500meg processing, DVD playing, single firewire rocking, only one usb plugging, original 1.0 airport surfing, 576 megs of ram jumping, really keen graphite clamshell ibook with a super awesome handle that make it look like a toilet seat that they will have to pry out of my cold, dead hands before ill give it up! (i think i might need help)

Hi, osxatemymac -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
What type connection do you have - DSL or cable? Some ISP's, especially for cable service, require the use of software that maintains the handshake with their router. If they do, they should provide it.
Check the settings in the TCP/IP control panel. Typically these are -
    Connect via    -set to-    Ethernet
    Configure    -set to-    Using DHCP Server
Occasionally AppleTalk can interfere with a connection. This usually occurs when there is no need to have AppleTalk use ethernet; unfortunately, just disabling AppleTalk may not make it let go. In this case it is necessary to set AppleTalk to use a different connection, such as Remote - you can make that setting in the AppleTalk control panel.
Sometimes it can help to trash the ASLM Preferences file (in the Preferences folder in System Folder), then restart.
Make sure that both the extensions named Shared Library Manager and Shared Library Manager PPC are enabled (checkmarked) in Extensions Manager.
One way to test the connection without using a browser is to run the Software Update control panel - see if it works.
 

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