Latest Linux header update = wireless connection problems?

Hello -- hope I can find a bit of help... or at least a confirmation of my own suspicions. I am not a techie (as you'll probably be able to tell from my questions below), but I've become a huge Ubuntu fan/supporter/evangelist over the past year, and I've finally run into my first real problem.

I'm currently running 10.04 with Linux kernel 2.6.32-24 on an ASUS EEE PC 1000HA netbook (and loving it!)

Every night before shutting down, I run update manager and install the updates for the day and last night was no different. When I booted up this morning, everything seemed fine except for the fact that my netbook could not connect to my wireless internet connection. It could see the router, and it tried to connect, but never did. Reboot. Retry. Same deal -- couldn't connect.

Remembering that I had noticed that last night's update was to the Linux header(s), bringing them to 2.6.32-25, I rebooted and selected the previous system version (2.6.32-24). Everything went fine, and I'm now able to connect to the internet.

Is there a problem with the latest build that would explain my problem? And, if a fix is generated, will I be able to access it from my current system (or will I need to update from 32-25)?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this for me!