Airport disconnecting since I included an iMac Quad 2.67ghz OSX10.6.5

Hi all,
I have four Macs on an Airport extreme network. A mac mini (Intel), a Power Mac Quad with Leopard 10.5 on it, a Powerbook (old version 2003) and now an Imac Quad 2.67Ghz wit OSX 10.6.5 on it. When the iMac is connected to the network and goe sto sleep it basically looses the connection to the airport and disconnects the airport from the network (so all computers loose access to the internet). The solution is to unplug the airport and replug it and then all is good again, which is a pain.
When the iMac is shut, this does not happen ever. ANy ideas and possible solutions?

Hi there,
You're running an old version of Safari. Before troubleshooting, try updating it to the latest version: 6.0. You can do this by clicking the Apple logo in the top left, then clicking Software update.
You can also update to the latest version of OS X, 10.8 Mountain Lion, from the Mac App Store for $19.99, which will automatically install Safari 6 as well, but this isn't essential, only reccomended.
Thanks, let me know if the update helps,
Nathan

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