Dock and Internet Connection Problem

Since downloading some software updates recently, my computer has been behaving strangely. Most notably, I no longer have an internet connection on my Mac. My Mac is the computer connected to my wireless router and my other computers pick up the internet signal fine. Network Diagnostics show all aspects FAILED.
This all became apparent when I hit F12 to access my Dashboard. All of my widgets were INOP and then my Dock went dead--wouldn't pop up. I had to restart my computer to get my dock to show.
Can anyone help?

Well after some troubleshooting, it looks like my network card may be the culprit. Does anyone know the cost of replacing one and/or where I can order one if it comes to that? Maybe it's just some settings (wishful thinking?). Can anyone help?

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(apologies for the long message - trying to cover all details - summary: wireless router often drops internet connection)
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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:20:48 GMT
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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:43:02 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: PHP and MySQL Connection problem
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