MacBook Pro and Virgin Media Broadband (Router WNR2000)

Hi there...I'm having issues with my brand new macbook pro and virgin media broadband wireless.
I share an internet connection with 4 people wirelessly in a house..We have 20MB broadband, and have been supplied by Virgin with a netgear wireless n router (WNR2000).
My internet connection drops randomly, and I mean really randomly. Sometimes it is fine for a whole day. It is generally slower than my old laptop (Windows platform, hewlett packard) but the thing that bothers me mainly is that the connection drops. Today it has dropped loads, not helpful when having a long skype conversation.
I have rang virgin and they are completely useless, refuse to help because the other 3 computers (all windows based) run fine and they say it is a problem with the macbook pro. However, I have tested this very laptop with another virgin connection/router and its been fine. Also when my friend brings his macbook pro to mine he has the same problem - slow internet and connection drops.
Does anyone know of any solution to this??? I dont know what to do and im close to pulling my hair out.
My TCP/IP settings i'm not sure if they are correct...but everytime the connection drops properly, i have to restart the router and it is fine - when it drops i get a message on airport about a self assigned IP.
i can post my settings if required....
any help would be much appreciated
cheers

Hi there
Do the other people sharing the Broadband find that their connection is dropping.
You could try a router reset or check if there are any firmware updates. Failing that try a different router, I have a Linksys router WRT150N.
Just thought of something else, how far away from router are you. Wall composition is quite important, so is the positioning of the router to get best coverage.
thats about the best suggestions i can come up with. Hope it helps.

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