Windows laptop STOPPED connecting to Airport Extreme

I have a Macbook w MacOS 10.6.4 and a Airport Extreme 802.11n + Time Capsule. The Airport Extreme is also connected to an External HDD.
My problem is that my Win XP laptop used to connect fine to the AE wifi network till 3 weeks back...but now does not. The WinXP laptop can see the network but does not connect to the Wifi. I see a line saying 'IP address not assigned'
Can someone help me out?
Thanks

I powered down the cable modem, Router, laptop, wireless bridge etc. and then powered them up after waiting for 10 mins with the sequence being
1. modem
2. router - Airport Extreme n
3. laptop
4. wireless bridge
Win XP laptop still does not connect. The wireless bridge (Buffalo Technologies WLI TX4 AG300N) gives the following error message...
"Home network available. IP address not acquired. Enable DHCP on router."

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- I thought I was supposed to hook the DSL modem to the WAN port (circle of dots), but i kept getting a "no ppoe server has been found for the specified service" error.
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I've tried a soft reset and also powering off everything for five minutes, but that doesn't seem to help. In some screen i saw the IP address (10.64.64.64). I tried clicking "other" and entering the password "public" (i googled somewhere that that was the default, though it's possible i entered a password and forgot it).
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I changed it the way you told me..
it is very simple... and sounds very logic..
But after I did changed it in the correct IP address of the server
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