Airport doesn't see Internet

Hi
My airport has just stopped connecting to the Internet. The signal strength displays full strength (wherever I am) and doesn't connect to anything.
This is the first time it's happened since the last mac book firmware update the other day.
It also reports a fault when in Windows XP (bootcamp), so it would seem that it's a h/w issue.
Any clues most appreciated, there's no way I can let it go off to Apple for repair, I just don't have a replacement.
Thanks
Wendy
P.S. my ethernet ports work okay, just not the airport.

Try resetting the PRAM and/or SMC:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319

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