Airport dropping out Reason 8

Hi all,
I've been experiencing frequent drops of internet connection on my mac pro.
It is connected wirelessly to an airport express station. I looked thru messages in Console and found that "reason 8 ( disassociarted because station leaving)" appears to be the cause behind dropped connections. We also have 2 mbp, 2 iphones and 1 iPad hooked up to the system, and only the Mac pro eperiences dropped connections. I read through many threads, it seems that "reason 8" is frequently mentioned, though no one seem to have any solutions.
so I guess I am throwing this out there again, does anyone know of any solutions?
I'm running on n network, and pro is on 10.8.5.
thanks

Update :
I found out that of all the devices linked to my wifi, my 5 years old WII seemed to be the culprit. It only supports 802.11a, and all my other devices support upto 802.11n, I read somewhere that having a device on the network with older standard may interfere with overall wifi signal. So I turned off WII, and wifi signal to Pro has been uninterrupted ever since. =D
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