Airport Express - green light, no connection to net, but Windows cabled OK

Hi all,
For 2 days I've been having a strange problem:
Suddenly I don't get a valid internet connection through my airport express (AX), although the whole setup has worked for 3 years.
I am connected that way: a DSL modem from my network provider is connected via ethernet cord to the AX. This opens a WPA2-encrypted network via PPPoE, and uses a MAC-Address filter.
So far, I have settled it down that way:
When working under Mac OS X (latest updates for Leopard are installed, the last one was a pure application update for notes, pages and keynote 2 days ago), I don't get a valid connection: Via AirPort it cannot find the PPPoE host, although the green light is solid visible. Via Ethernet-Cable I also don't get access to the PPPoE host.
Here comes the strange thing: When working under boot-camped Windows XP, setting up a network connection via Ethernet cord, it works! Obviously, when trying to connect wireless to the AX, a connection could be established, but there is no traffic possible.
Any suggestions or hel would be very much appreciated !
Could it be, that the last application updates for iWork had these effects? Would be too strange to believe..
Thanks in advance,
Andre
BTW: MacBook Pro, 10.5 Leopard with all system updates are installed. No custom firewall or such things.

Hi Andre
I just had a similar thing happen to me where airport has been running fine for about a year and suddenly my iMac can't find the network although other wireless networks are found and our Wii, PS3 and PC notebook all connect. I contacted Apple and found that resetting the Airport Express was the only solution as it was originally set up on the Mac. The fact that it was picking up other wireless networks proved that there was nothing wrong with the wireless internals in the Mac.
So I factory reset the Airport Express by pressing the tiny button with a pen until it started flashing really quickly. Set it all up again on the Mac, then let the AE restart, then unplugged power from the wall for both the modem and AE for 20 seconds and reconnected.
It did the job for me - I hope it works for you.

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