Stangnet Problem (for the Computer Gurus)

I really love these stangnet forums and I'd like to read/contribute more, but I've been having serious problems trying to access the stangnet forums on my main computer.

On my main computer, which is a p4 2.4 GHz, I am having trouble getting the stangnet forums to load. It seems that the forums completely stop my entire internet connection. If I click on any part of the forums (to read a thread or post or whatever), the next screen will load to the gray background, then lock up my entire internet. If I have other internet windows open and browsing other sites, they will also act like they lose their connection with the internet. I also have trouble receiving email during this time.

After a few minutes or so, the page will either suddenly pop up, or I will get a page not found error.

The computer in question is running Road Runner. It has a wireless router running between the cable modem and my computer. The problem is not in the router though, because my old P2 350 MHz computer which is running on a wireless connection has no problems loading anything on stangnet.


I thought I was kind of a computer nerd, but this problem has me stumped. I've cleared my history, cache, & temp files. I also ran Ad-aware and Anti-Virus to check for anything. Nothing has helped though! I haven't really been able to browse stangnet for months on our main computer, and I've had to resort to other stang sites


Do any of you guys have any ideas what I could check on next to try to figure this problem out?


Thanks for any help!

BTW: Sorry for the long story, but I wanted to be as descriptive as possible haha

Yep.

I've accessed stangnet on multiple computers, but it just doesn't work on my main computer. I'm positive it's something on my end, but I've tried everything I can think of and nothing helps.

Update, I figured out my problem. Hopefully my solution will help somebody out in the future when they search the forums.
I've had Windows Firewall turned off since I installed XP SP2, but I was just looking around and noticed something. In the advanced settings of Windows Firewall, I noticed that the box was still checked next to local area connection. It meant that Windows Firewall was enabled for my Local Area Connection. I unchecked that box, and ever since then Stangnet has been fine.

I don't really understand why you can turn off Windows Firewall, but still have it running on the Local Area Connection. I guess its a Microsoft thing.

Thanks for the help guys and hopefully this info can help somebody else out!