Lost ability to connect to open WiFi router

I've been using Leopard 10.5 that was installed when I bought the computer, and just updated to 10.5.4 which solved a problem I had running the original Adobe CS, InDesign was running 100+ percent of the CPU and crashing. But, I also lost the ability to connect to the open, non-WEP WiFi network in my studio. I have no idea why it won't connect and the computer connects fine at home to my airport. I think the router at my studio is a Linksys or something, but I really need to get my MacBook Pro to connect back to the router. Also, airport seems to be scanning continuously and fails to show the networks quickly. It seems very laggy.
Any suggestions?

If you see line after line of "Airport Beacon (Lost)" messages, the problem is with 10.5.3 upgrade, if you installed 10.5.4 a few days later when it came out, you still have the problem.
That is simply not true. Beacons can be "lost" for a lot of reasons - and it has been happening to some people before 10.5.3 [Check the history!|http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=airport+10.5.2&ob jID=&dateRange=thisyear&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001]. It might be the 10.5.3 upgrade in some situations. I am a bit suspicious of the interaction between some Netgear routers and OS X, but I have not tested that theory very thoroughly.

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Thanks for your suggestion (and apologies that it's taken forever for me to try this out and get back to you)!
I think I've done what you suggested but I think my lack of computer knowledge is letting me down as it did not work.
I went to Network in System Preferences whilst connected to the internet via Ethernet cable, and managed to connect to my router, I then locked the changes, removed the cable and then restarted but straight away upon logging in, it had lost the changes and was unable to find the wireless connection.
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