Have you set up a Wireless Network in your Router? SSID?
If you have, in Vista, click start>Connect to> follow prompts.
It will show wireless networks. put in your WPA key, and connect.

"Dave" wrote:

> I have recently upgraded to Vista home premium. After many unsuccessful
> attempts at trying to connect to my USB adapter(Belkin N1) I updated the
> drivers for my USB adapter for the vista OS. After applying the update and
> configuring the adapter to the security I had enabl on the router (WPA-PSK),
> I finally made a wireless connection to my router (Belkin N1 router). At
> this point I was overjoyed and proceeded to open IE7 to connect to the
> internet only to be informed that the pages could not be displayed (i.e.
> www.microsoft.com and www.google.com). Upon checking the network status on
> vista it was showing me that I had successfully made a connection to the
> router but from the router to the internet there was a big "X" through the
> connection. I am able to access the internet through my laptop (XP) using
> the same USB adapter to the same router with the same security settings
> without issue. Please note that there is not IP conflict on the router as it
> shows that it has its own IP. I do not think it is DNS related as my laptop
> is able to connect without issue.
>
> Can someone please advise me if there is anything that I am missing on the
> Vista OS that will not allow me access to the internet and open up one of the
> key functions of a computer