Problem connecting MacBookPro Core Duo to New Airport extreme

I have just bought a new Airport Extreme and both my Core 2 Duo and G5 iMac connect to the internet fine.
I rent a flat out to tenants downstairs and my tenant shares my internet connection using a number of Macs. However he cannot connect his Core Duo MacBook Pro.
Looking in System Preferences Network I note that it tells me that :
Airport is connected to the network "Internet". Airport has a self assigned IP Address and may not be able to connect to the internet"
Looking under TCP/IP the setting is set to Using DHCP. However rather than having a 10.0.1.200 address it has 169.254.231.100 and the Subnet mask is 255.255.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.0 and it cannot see the router 10.0.1.1.
Any thoughts. Does it need a firmware update or something

I assume you are not using one of the "n" only settings on the AEBS. With the radio mode set to "n" only, the core duo will not see the base station. This discussion might help-http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4155162&#4155162

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