Mac OS X airport connection

This is a strange problem that I haven't been able to correct, and I'm hoping someone can help. I've searched through the forums and haven't been able to find the same problem I'm having, but I doubt I'm alone.
I recently (within 2 weeks) purchased a new Macbook Pro 15.4 with 2.4 duo core and 2GB. When I got it home and turned it on, everything worked fine. Airport detected my wireless router (Linksys wrt54g)and everything was perfect.
This morning, I start up my MBP and no connection. I tried using the network diagnostic to figure out if there was a problem, and it's no help. I can can see my network on the "select network you want to join", I have entered the WEP key correctly. However, no matter what I try, I can't get past the "ISP" status of the diagnostic.
Here's the frustrating part. I have this MBP set up to use Windows XP through Bootcamp. If I boot into XP, there's no problem. I connect just fine to the wireless network, no connectivity issues, no slow connection issues, no problems at all.
I've tried creating new connections within Mac OSX. I've tried using DHCP (which is what used to work just fine), entering manual settings, manually setting DNS servers, no luck. I've removed all existing network connections and recreated them, nothing. This clearly is something related to software. If it were a hardware issue, I would be having problems within Windows XP.
Anyway have any ideas? I don't know what else to try.

I don't have XP on my Macbook 2.4 but what I do know is that the networking is bugged. My connection actually shuts the entire network down at my house. My room mates and I lose connection and the only way to get it back is to disconnect the power to the router and reset the settings. I brought my lap top to work and havent had this happen once since I've been here. It may just be a problem with my computer and the others on the network fighting for signal. I'm not exactly sure but what I am sure about is that its frustrating when you spend 1900$ to have a computer that cant connect steadily from less than 10 feet away from the router... Good luck, hopefully mac will come out with some better software updates or something within the next 30 days; of I'm looking into a dell xps.

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