Sees connection, but internet isn't working

Hi, folks! I hope you can help me with this problem my macbook is having.
Sometimes it does this thing where it sees the connection (bars show) but when I try to use any program that requires an internet connection (Safari, Firefox, iTunes store, or iChat) it doesn't work, doesn't connect. It used to work fine, just suddenly started doing this. I have not changed any of the settings or the IP address.
This has been a recurrent problem since I got the laptop, and using it just sort of randomly starts working again after a couple days. Now it has been a couple weeks and it is still not working, so I would like to figure out what is the root of the problem and fix it! Does anyone have any tips or ideas?
Thank you in advance!
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Sorry, this is my first time doing this ^^;
I have cable, Roadrunner. I do have a linksys router, but when I try to plug the ethernet cable directly into the computer, the internet still doesn't work. My computer does recognize the signal, but I have no internet. It gives me a "page cannot be found" when I try to load up for Firefox or Safari, and iChat and iTunes store won't load up either.
The internet was working fine, it just suddenly started doin gthis. It isn't the first time, but usually it just randomly pops back on after a day or two. My other computer is working fine, so I don't think the problem is with the connection.

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