3 Computers 1 won't connect

I've seen alot of similar problems but I can't seem to find an answer. I have a network that seems to be set up correct. An ABS Extreme N and an ABS Extreme b/g set up using WDS. Everything works just great. Mac Pro and Powerbook G4 15" connects great. But a Powerbook G4 17" with the same airport extreme card installed has major problems.
The 17" will connect to the network fine. It will work just fine until it sits for a few minutes. Then Safari will say that I'm not connected to the internet. Do the network diagnostics. All pass except internet and server fail. Then continue through then it tells me that the internet connection seems to be working correctly. Then it will work just fine after I get through the Diagnostics or I turn the Airport on and off in the menu bar.
All the settings are the same for both powerbooks.
Could something be wrong with the airport card in the 17"? I'm really confused and frustrated.
dave
PowerBook G4 15" Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Having a very similar problem here to. My MacBook is connected to the AirPort Extreme base station and it runs fine, connects on startup and always runs at top speed.
Just bought an iMac today and that doesn't seem to like the wireless as much, my connection doesn't drop though. For example if I'm loading a webpage it will seem like its loading on a really slow internet connection and then suddenly pop up when the connection comes "alive" again.
There both set up exactly the same way with them both being issued a manual IP address so I don't understand why its happening! The only solution I've found so far is to connect it to the base station with an Ethernet cable.
I'm going to go into the Apple store tomorrow and see if they know how to fix it, I'll post back here if they do.

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