10.4.6 update ruined my wireless connection. Please help!

Hi everyone,
After updating my Powerbook to 10.4.6 the signal level in the airport status indicator dropped for the first time since 2 years. Up till now it has been always on full reception, afterall I am in the same room as the Wifi router. What's much worse though is that now I get frequent (every 2 minutes or so) disconnects and the connection is incredibly slow (even loading something like google.com).
I'm very frustrated, this is the first time my Mac has let me down on something this essential.
I've tried switching to 'use preferred' from the default 'automatic' in the network settings, which someone suggested here, but it didn't help. Moreover, I've never needed to use this setting, it always 'just worked'. I've also tried removing the preferred network, then flushing the cache from the terminal, restarting, adding the preferred network again. No help!!
Thanks,
Roman

Hi dunkelblau!
Thank you!! No idea why, but changing the channel worked, so far.
Why in the world should a system update, and no additional neighbours' wifi stations knock existing channel useless is beyond my comprehension. I will keep testing this, but I've been online for about 10 minutes now with no interruption. Your tip, although very puzzling, worked.
Have a nice evening and thanks again, you saved me a lot of hassle if this keeps on working.
Roman

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