Yes, i ment OS X 10.6.2.

When I run the netstat -rn the gateway is shown, and it is the correct address for the router.

To get the system running and working on my network I have it conntect to a wireless router that routes through the 2800 to get her internet access, and have the wired connection on a static manual ip without the gateway address. It lets me see our internal network and gives us internet access for now.

I appreciate your help. Any other ideas?

With the iMac not connected to the wireless network and after verifying that the default route points to the 2800, can you do a traceroute to some address on the Internet and post the results here?

Sorry it took so long to get back in here. I tried the traceroute and it failed. I can ping other computers and I can ping the router.  Any other ideas or things to try?

What do you mean by "it failed"?

Can you please post the output of the traceroute?

Traceroute: unknown host www.cnn.com

Try tracerouting to an IP address rather than a hostname.

For example, traceroute  157.166.226.26

Not sure if you saw my reply, so I'lll post it again.

Rose-Horenskys-iMac:~ rosehorensky$ traceroute  157.166.226.26

traceroute to 157.166.226.26  (157.166.226.26), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

1  192.168.1.221 (192.168.1.221)  1.226 ms  0.879 ms  0.745 ms

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^C

Yes, I turn off the air card, and turn on dhcp on the wired for each of the tests. With the air card on, everything works just fine. Here are the results from using the ip for cnn.com. I stopped it after 14 hop tried.

Rose-Horenskys-iMac:~ rosehorensky$ traceroute 15.166.226.26

traceroute to 15.166.226.26 (15.166.226.26), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

1  192.168.1.221 (192.168.1.221)  0.985 ms  1.026 ms  0.818 ms

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^C

Sorry, I mistyped on my traceroute, but have the same results.

Rose-Horenskys-iMac:~ rosehorensky$ traceroute 157.166.226.26

traceroute to 157.166.226.26 (157.166.226.26), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

1  192.168.1.221 (192.168.1.221)  1.226 ms  0.879 ms  0.745 ms

2  * * *

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^C

can you ping external IP addresses? try a ping to 4.2.2.2 - if that responds try a traceroute to 4.2.2.2 with the -n flag

No, can't ping to anything outside the local network, even dns addresses. I can't see beyond the Cisco router using the wired adapter. Don't give up guys. There has to be some crazy reason for this. Any idea what the packets look like coming from the iMac? Does Snow Leopard do something new and fancy or strange?

can you post the config of the 2800?