Connected to wireless network in home, but won't connect to internet....

I have a Linksys WRT54GS wireless router. We have (1)PC hardwired to the router with (1) laptop PC & (1) iBook G4 connected wirelessly. All was working fine.
Wife opens iBook in the morning and it won't connect to the internet. Airport bars are full and says it's connected to my network, but that we are not connected to the internet. It won't even connect if it's hardwired directly to the router. I've tried reconfiguring, resetting, etc. and nothing works. But the PC's are working fine.
I admit that this is my first iBook so be gentle with the comments and my limited knowledge.
Thank you in advanced for the help!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

same problem - the ibook was connected and doing just fine wirelessly to the actiontec router - had been for months - then I accepted the recent updates (using the wireless connection which was working flawlessly) and immediately upon rebooting afterwards - bam - no more wireless connection.
airport shows 5 bars strong connection and name of network is still checked in the list - but nothing will actually connect.
the pcs in the house are still connecting just fine wirelessly so the problem is not the router.
the ibook will connect using ethernet cord (that is how I am typing this now) but cannot get a wireless connection going.
somebody - PLEASE - what is the secret to fixing this?

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