Can't get online, but airport says I'm connected?

Hi,
I bought a Netgear wireless router, and after talking on the phone for over an hour with support, I got everything working. I have a Mac Mini, and my boyfriend has a new iMac, in the same room, that is also hooked up wirelessly to the same router.
Everything was working perfectly for a couple of days, until this morning. I checked the settings, and the IP address changed back to a 165.xxx. something, which was different than the 192.xxx that the technician told me it should be. I called Netgear support again, and they wouldn't help me, stating it was a problem with the Mac.
The iMac is working great, it's just my Mini that isn't connecting. Airport says it's connected. When I try to login to Firefox or Safari, I get a "page load error." Please forgive my inexperience and lack of knowledge with computers, but it seems to me I just need to put the IP address back? I must be doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance for any help!

There are several steps to a successful Internet connection via AirPort:
1) Your machine must associate with the wireless network
2) Your machine must either obtain an IP address via DHCP or you must set one manually
3) Your machine must obtain routing information to know which gateway will route traffic off your local network or you must set it manually
4) Your machine must obtain the address of a DNS server or you must set one manually
In your case, the presence of the alternate IP address indicates your Mini is not obtaining an IP address via DHCP, which sounds as if your DHCP server is only providing one address (to the iMac) or is not providing an address to your Mini.
What kind of Internet access do you have - DSL or cable? Do you know if your Linksys is set up in bridge mode or NAT mode? Have you tried simply power cycling your Linksys?

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