New Wireless router! Router woes with IE(solved:P)!

[Mr Flibble]

So I've got my new wifi router. Everything is good. Almost.
At present, this PC is wired into the router. I was about to go set up the other computer for the network, but then I hit a snag.
As you may have guessed, I CAN access the internet. Through Firefox. I open Firefox, it detects my LAN connection, and I can browse away.

The problem is that Internet Explorer doesn't seem to be able to access the connection. Even when I've just activated it though Firefox, IE refuses to acknowledge the existence of it. It starts set to default as "Work Offline", and when I try to connect, it gives me the option of my (now defunct) broadband (defunct because its looking for an external USB modem which no longer exists) and my really old dial up connection (which is also useless because that modem isn't even plugged in). Internet Explorer won't even access the IP address set up page, which Firefox was able to. Its an OFFLINE PAGE too.

So essentially the problem is this. Although I am clearly connected to the internet (as this post bares out), IE can't tap into the same connection. I need some way of making IE work, because my dad and brother use IE (and I cannot convert them, so don't even offer that as a solution!).

I tried a hotfix on the M$ website, by adding a reg entry to ignore dialup connections, but with no joy.

For those whom it interests, I'm running Windows XP SP2, and the Internet Explorer is version 6. My ISP is Tesco (yes, I know, I know...). The router set up identified the connection as PPPOA, which seems to be correct. But Window's internet setup wizardy thingy offers only PPPOE, which is no good. It also tries to connect through a WAN something, which is not ideal, as the only networking cable is the ethernet one.

If I've left anything important out, I will do my best to add it in. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated... thank you!

EDIT:

Uhh... boy do I feel stupid. I fixed it. I was just messing about with settings and I told IE to never dial a connection, then I turned off all the LAN options. I don't know exactly HOW this worked. But it did.
I suppose now this topic is essentially defunct, although that depends on how well the installation on the NEXT pc goes. And the next PC is runnng Millennium Edition... that'll be fun...
Well... I suppose this post will be a good help to others in the future, as I encountered several forums while googling with people touting the same problem.

This can probably be deleted, unless someone else wants to use it for their own router chitchat. Tell me about your network, and I'll complain about Millenium Edition!

[SSH]

Make sure you download the latest updates for the router. I used to have random disconnections from my Netgear until I upgraded the firmware, when all the problems went away. Now my only problem is my laptop's "DISABLE WIRELESS LAN" button is right at the front which is easy to hit by accident