IMac not connecting to WPA wireless in OS X and Windows

I recently purchased a 24" iMac and have had problems connecting to my roommates WPA wireless network. I used to be able to connect to a neighbors unsecured linksys and now thats gone too. I have never been able to use the shared WPA key to access the router, and I’ve read a bunch of similar stories as to why that doesn’t work. I know that I can access the wireless point with my Windows Notebook and decided to Install Windows via Bootcamp to see if I can get on that way.
Nope. The Notifier in the system tray is just telling me that its 'acquiring network address" which means the WPA is correct....is this an internal WiFi card problem?
Im sure this sounds like a repeat, so linking me to the appropriate sites for troubleshooting would help too.
Thank you,
Please advise....

See if this helps.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107795
Cheers Don

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