Safari won't work wirelessly

Hello,
Safari works fine when using an ethernet cable, but whenever I try to use it wirelessly it tries to load for about ten minutes before it says: "Safari can't open the page." A different computer in the house has no problems using wireless internet. I am using a Netgear WGR614 v6 wireless router, and I have updated the firmware. I've created a different user account, and the problem exists there as well. I have reset the router, emptied Safari's cache, reset Safari, deleted various files, and uninstalled and reinstalled Flash. I also added the DNS codes 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 a couple months ago after having issues with Safari after I updated to Snow Leopard. That worked then, but I don't know what is going on now. This occurred a few days after installing iWork. Could that be related in any way?
Thanks.

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First, try restarting your Mac. If that doesn't help...
Open System Preferences/Network. Click Assist Me. Select Diagnostics from the drop down menu.
Select Airport under port configurations if isn't already ticked.
Your Network Status is on the left.
Click the Continue button.
Turn the router off for several minutes, then turn it back on.
Flash is unrelated to your wireless connection. You can rule that out.
If nothing above helps, install the v10.6.2 Combo Update It's ok to do this even though you are already running 10.6.2
Then repair disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn

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"....Total account and was persuaded to take Infinity on the grounds that it's a superior service for the same price"
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