Airport card not detected after s/w update was interrupted by power outage

Hi Folks,
My G4 was connecting to the internet thru a wi-fi AP at a B&B I am staying at. Bought the SP's access card from front desk and got online.
Started updating software and the network went down due to a power outage.
Since then was not able to get online as G4 refused to accept the DHCP address from the AP. Tried the latest security update for 10.3.9 and now the bluetooth and airport card are nopt detected even though the Sys Profiler says they are present.
Dont think I need to re-seat the airport as nothing was physically wrong.
Please Help! Is there a way out other than a reinstall of the OS ??
Thanks,
Powerbook G4 15"   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Hi Don,
There are aironet AP's installed all over the B&B. Just need to get connected to the n/w and start browsing. when one starts browsing the login page comes up which needs the info contained in the purchased card.
Have not had a chance to do more as am relocating as part of a new job and have been very busy. So what you suggested at my end (not on AP end) has been done by default : )
I also tried rolling back the system config to a previous backup. that helped recover the bluetooth and airport h/w. it was showing up and detected but the DHCP issue did not go away. I tried a complete reinstall (erase and install)of 10.3 and the DHCP issue is still there.
now a self assigned IP is being used and for some reason the DHCP address is not being accepted/used by the laptop.
everyone else in the B&B is doing well. and all are on windows
is there anything else i could try??
thanks,
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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