Networking: cannot access belkin.com

This is weird, and I'm beginning to think it's some Netgear conspiracy.

We recently bought a Belkin wireless router to hook up to our current wired network, that uses a Netgear ADSL modem/router. I eventually got it to work by setting the Belkin router as an access point, disabling its firewall features. But, in the process of troubleshooting, I discovered a weird thing: I cannot access the belkin.com website. I just get a "page not available" timeout error. I'm sure the website wouldn't be down for a period of four days, and I could access it at work.

This is true on Firefox and Safari; on a Mac Mini, an Intel iMac and a Dell laptop - so it's certainly a network issue. Can anyone throw any light onto the matter? I have not discovered a single other website or application (Skype, Adium, Cyberduck) that does not work properly. Why should belkin.com not respond? What's going on - is Netgear blocking access to its competitor's websites?

EDIT: should it be relevant, we use AOL as our ISP.