Airport Connection Dropping Off

Has anyone else had trouble with their Airport connection dropping off all of the sudden during a long download or transfering files across the network? If this is a common problem...I hope Apple is working on it.

I am getting the same thing. After starting a transfer of file, after awhile, it will state the wireless network has been change or comprimised (excuse my spelling) and the airport will be disable and enable in a minute. Then the finder stops responding, I cannot force quit out it and must restart the computer.
iMac, 2ghz Intel Core Duo, 2GB DDR2 667mhz, 250 GB HDD Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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I have a 2 year old Airport Express connected to a Motorola Cable Modem creating my wireless home net.
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My new MBP has no problem too when is connected to the AC. BUT when I run my MBP from the battery, the connection drops out randomly.
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Hello Community!
I have some serious Airport connection woes - whenever I heavily use the airport connection it seems to drop out every now and then. The intervals have no visible pattern, but the dropouts are directly linked to the amount of traffic going trough the Airport card.
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Bug Report below:
Hello,
I have a Mac Pro (profile copied below).
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This is incredibly frustrating.
It has rendered my £2500 system useless for work.
I need a solution, badly.
On your own support forums, it appears that there are a number of people suffering similar problems.
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If you need any more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
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SMC Version: 1.7f10
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Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
Current Wireless Network: SKYxxxxx
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I had a similar problem which I've fixed!
I have four machines here which can connect to my Netgear DG834N via Aiport. (I say can because they normally connect via ethernet.) My MacBook Pro always used to be fine when connected wirelessly but recently, not aware of any changes I've made, it connects for about 10 seconds then disconnects. All other machines are fine and hold the connection.
This is what I tried before finding my solution:
1) Deleted all references to the network in the keychain and remade them.
2) Created another user to try
3) Changed channels on the router even though I can't see any neighbour's networks.
4) Made sure computer and router were up to date with firmware/software.
I'm assuming that it has to be a computer problem as the PowerMac, iMac and iPod Touch have no issues at all. However, the cure was in the router.
I run with SSID broadcast turned off, WPA2 encryption and MAC address filtering. Allowing broadcast of the SSID cures my problem. Turn it off and the computer connects then drops it ten seconds later. Turn broadcast on and it maintains the connection. I've tried it all afternoon, leaving it connected for about 30 minutes at a time before turning SSID broadcast off again. Works every time! Broadcast SSID - fine, no broadcast - drops after ten seconds.
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Read this if your Airport connection drops

I just got off the phone with support. I noticed that many other people are having this same issue, where if there is no network traffic, the Airport drops its association to the AP. They are unaware of others having this problem. So, if you're having this problem, you need to call support and tell them, or it's not going to get fixed.
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is the problem in my macbook or in my airport?? when i go to look at the airport, the green light is still on. help would be appreciated.
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Hola -
If you go to your System Preferences/Network/Airport and check the box "Show Airport status in menu bar" you'll be able to see the strength of the signal in your top menu. 4 bars will equal a strong signal. Monitor this throughout the day ...if it's working fine for most of the time then I'd suspect the wireless router as the problem. Also, if the signal is very weak (1-2 bars) then you may indeed lose your connections at times.

My Airport connection drops whenever the Mac sleeps or reboots

My iBook on the same network doesn't do this.
I guess it's a settingI'venot got right, rather than a fault as such.
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Airport Express Dropping Off Completely

I've viewed other posts with similar problems, though I'm still unsure of how to solve my problem specifically.
I set up and connect my Airport Express, and it'll work fine for about 2 or 2.5 days. Then I'll fire up my PB and notice I won't have a connection. I'll have to reset the Airport Express and cycle through the Setup Assistant. This has happened about 4 times now. At my old place, I never had a problem. My internet connection is fine, and connect without a problem when connecting directly through Ethernet.
I downloaded iStumbler, and noticed my connection signal is between 55% - 65%. I manually set my channel to 1, far away from others around me (the next closest is 6). I've noticed there are about 3-5 other wireless networks around me, some are always active, others popup sporadically. The highest signal I've seen from others is 40%. I enabled Internet Robustness and have Transmission Power set to 100%.
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