Help! How do i get rid of self-assigned IP address? Virgin Media & Ibook

Hey all, first time here. Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me (or the people at virgin!) can help.
I have home broadband from Virgin as of last night. Self-set up the modem (Cisco), Router (D-link) and connection to my Ibook, running Tiger 10.4.11
Router and modem seem to be working fine. Green lights all round. Plus last night i had an ethernet connection runnign fine and even got a wireless connection to the Ibook. All good.
This morning, twenty minutes of internet use, then bumped off. No connection.
Checked under System Preferences, Network, Airport and got a message saying Airport has 'a self assigned IP address and cannot connect to internet.'
I assume the problem therefore is with the Ibook talking to the router (sorry, not very technical so 'talking' is best i can do).
Tried switching off the firewall. Still no joy. Airport can see my router in the list, and even has it first in preferred networks to join list. I get a five bar signal when i select it from Airport but how do i rid the computer of the 'Self-assigned IP address' ?
Please help, it's driving me mad! Apple blame Virgin, Virgin blame Router manufacturer, Router manufacturer blame Apple. It's an endless circle of **** and call-centres!!!
Cheers!
Dan

Hi Dan, and a warm welcome to the forums!
"self-assigned IP address" simply means it's not getting an IP from the device responsible for handing out IPs, the Router in your instance.
Does Ethernet still work fine?
Go to System Preferences
Click Network
Highlight AirPort and click Configure...
Choose “By default, join: Preferred networks”
Select your access point and Remove your access point with the minus button.
Launch your keychain access in Utilities and delete your access point keychain entry.
Reboot
Go back to the “By default, join:” page and click the plus this time to add your access point. Enter the correct password, save, reboot.

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