New MacBook Pro cannot connect to internet

I've helped setup 2 MBP this week. Each of them could not connect to the wireless internet in my office using DHCP. In both cases I had to make a network setting of DHCP with manual address (I used 192.168.1.150 since my network is 192.168.1.x) and I was then able to see the internet. After an update I could change the network setting to Auto and the computer could connect just fine.
Anyone else have this problem?

Choice is fine. Just a shame you cannot get DHCP to work out of the box. But it is odd they do not work with both Linksys and Airport Extreme.
I am one of those without the connection problems, except with D-Link routers at work -- we have two as (like you) we have two networks. One network uses 192.x.x.254 as router and the other 192.x.x.253 and the Mac defaults to 254 so we have to lie to it and, like you, enter settings manually. So it connects to the one, but not the other, using DHCP.
Do the new computers have the latest Airport Utility (1.2.1) and Airport Disk Utility (5.3.1) installed. Was that the update you mentioned in the original post?

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http://www.apple.com/support/airport - there is a forum just for Airport Community
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Okay,
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Was everything working and then suddenly stopped??
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