Time Capsule gives internet to Desktop but not Macbook....

Ok wizkids i am in need of your help.
last night we had a storm and it knocked all our power out and when it came back on the internet was down, i went all gun-ho assuming i could fix it messing with time capsule and my modem, no luck. a few hours later the internet is back (could see this on the modem) but Time Capsule was no longer doing it's job to send my Mac Book Pro its beautiful internet.
So here is what i have, Cable modem, to 1tb time capsule, time capsule connected to my dell desktop running XP.
I current have internet on my desktop, provided by the time capsule and can also wirelessly connect to time capsule and its files via my mac book pro, but no matter what i seem to do, i cant seem to get it to connect to the inernet via time capsule.
im wondering if it has anything to do with the DHCP settings, and what i need to enter in that section or the router, ip address areas (currently on automatic so nothing has been manually entered...)
any help would be hot.
thanks

This is the AirPort Graphite and Snow forum. I suggest you post in the Time Capsule forum if you want more specific help.
For what it's worth, here is how I see your situation.
Since you have working Internet on the Dell, the correct settings for acquiring an IP address from your ISP are already present, either in the Time Capsule or in the Dell. If it is the Dell that has acquired the Internet IP address from your ISP (i.e., an address other than 10.0.1.x), the same TCP/IP settings (DHCP, PPPoE or Manual) that the Dell has been using should be used instead by the Time Capsule. If DHCP, the accompanying non-automatic fields (e.g., DNS servers, client ID) might or might not need to be filled in. If PPPoE, the account name and password would need to be filled in.
The Time Capsule should be configured to share a single IP address. Both client computers should use DHCP as their TCP/IP settings (with accompanying fields blank), the Dell in its Ethernet settings and the MacBook Pro in its AirPort settings. The IP address that they acquire from the Time Capsule should have the form 10.0.1.x.
If the Dell has been acquiring the Internet IP address, the modem might need to be unplugged from power for at least 5 minutes before the Time Capsule can acquire it instead.

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