[RESOLVED] New PDA shows connected but won't display web pages

[KatMac]

I got a new Palm T/X PDA. Great little asset for eliminating my gazillion post-its, but I can't get it to display web pages. I've tried evey trick I can think of. I suspect it's either a) Zone Alarm free or b) their "Blazer" browser. Doesn't seem to matter whether ZA Free is turned on or off. When I attempt to connect Palm Wi-Fi, status does show "Connected." But when I try to browse the web (any site) I get "Page cannot be displayed". I went to Border's the other day to test using their Wi-Fi. The little globe icon started spinning immediately when I tapped into Border's network. Unfortunately, I got as far as fee-based T-Mobile login page and had to stop, since I'm not signed up.

My home network is a desktop and laptop with Netgear WGT624 v.3 router. Laptop adapter card is Netgear WG511T My ISP is Comcast.

Netgear Router settings are:

• Channel: 11
• Mode: g and b
• Security: WEP
• Security Encryption: Automatic, 128 bit
• Using WEP key #1

Palm T/X Wi-Fi detects my home network with strongest signal (4 bars). Palm Wi-Fi settings are:

• Conserve Power: tried checked and unchecked
• Timeout: default
• SSID: same as router
• Security: WEP (same as router)
• Key Type: 104-bit hex with "4 keys" box checked. Manually entered Key 1, exactly as displayed on Netgear Wireless settings
• WEP Keys (26 Hex digits): Manually assigned, identical WEP Key (first key) and digits as router setting
• Access Point: have tried both Access Point and Ad Hoc
• IP Address: have tried manual and auto. Same as desktop/Comcast
• Subnet Mask: have tried manual and auto. Same as desktop/Comcast.
• IP Address Router: same as Netgear router address
• Preferred DNS: Manually and auto detect, same DNS as in Network Connections
• Alternate DNS: Manually put in the final address of my home network
• Use Short Preamble: checked and unchecked

I want to point the finger at ZA free. Oddly enough, there are no alerts coming from ZA on desktop that the Palm is trying to access. Shouldn't there be some kind of alert?

What I've tried:
I found this Wi-Fi checklist at the Palm forum and followed every step. Still no succes in getting web pages to display.

I've done some searching, and I found this M$ Article on configuring ActiveSync. Not to sound completely ignorant, but if I recall, Palms run on Palm OS and others run on M$ OS? (Palm calls it HotSync). I do have ActiveSync in C:\Programs, but the file "WCESMgr" that they say to add in step 3 is not in my ActiveSync folder. There are only two .DLL and one .CNV file are in that folder. I also found some ZA instructions at this link, but when I can't go through M$ steps for reasons mentioned above and when I plug in the Palm as mentioned at that link, ZA Free doesn't recognize it. At least I don't think it's picking it up. I see two entries for Loopback adapter that I don't recall seeing before. (Screenshot is in attached doc).

As you can see, I'm not familiar with PDA's in the least. I'm really close to getting online, but quite frustrated that the Palm shows "connected" but won't display pages.

I'm grateful for any help/suggestions.

~Kat