Airport either unable to connect or drops connection

We have had our IMac a little over one year and are now starting to have problems. On startup Airport shows connection to my wireless router but after starting to download a web site or e-mail the connection drops off even though it shows that it is connected on the Network page. Checking the popup in the upper right hand corner shows Airport searching for a connection and then dropping off continually. At other times the Network page shows 'no network selected' and my wireless system is not listed in the drop down menu; I can select it on the page under Advanced and bring it to the menu but when it is selected it doesn't stay in the window. The Apply button does not light up. I also get a popup saying that "None of your preferred networks are available" and "connection timeout". I have two pc's in the same room, a laptop and a desktop that connect to the system with no problem. Has Apple ever acknowledged that they have a problem?

Hi Carolyn: Thank you for your response. I attempted to change channels as you suggested but when I clicked on Airport Utility it did a scan and came up with:
"Airport Utility unable to find any Airport wireless device" so I was unable to proceed to the next step. I flashed my router, ie, reloaded the router program and was able to get the iMac to connect for a short time; long enough to open my home page and download four e-mails and then it reverted to problem A wherein the Network page shows a connection complete with site ID but there is no internet connection. While it was connected I tried again with Airport Utility and had the same result. I have tried deleting the System Config files and restarting based on info found elsewhere in the thread; it worked for a while the first time I did it but not after that. My iMac is currently an expensive piece of electronic junk. If I can get it to stay connected long enough I will try downloading the update 10.6.3x and see if that helps any. If you have any further suggestions please advise.

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Devices:
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Before I went to exchange my 6th Gen Extreme, I ran through all possible solutions from complete power recycle to no devices connected. I even went out of my way to my cousin's house to test it out. The same problem still kept coming.
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64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=8 ttl=113 time=909.161 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 9
64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=9 ttl=113 time=1013.389 ms
64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=10 ttl=113 time=631.026 ms
64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=11 ttl=113 time=977.959 ms
64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=13 ttl=113 time=814.521 ms
64 bytes from 24.93.38.29: icmp_seq=14 ttl=113 time=226.186 ms
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round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 226.186/818.213/1498.367/334.693 ms
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Message was edited by: Mark Ennamorato1 oops wow...Airport Utility actually saw the AE after about a minute on 5 GHz... finds it in about 1 second on 2.4 GHz.

Airport Express w/Time Capsule drops connection

I just integrated my new Time Capsule into our all-Mac network here a couple of days ago and its been fine for the most part but I've noticed that the existing airport express flashes amber for a few seconds every so often (usually once per hour or so) and disconnects everyone sharing files and connections. I have Leopard Server 10.5.2 running as well and this didn't seem to be happening before introducing Server to the mix (it was connected about 48 hours AFTER the time capsule) but the problem seems to lie with the Airport Express. Things are connected as follows:
Cable modem --> Airport Extreme
Airport Extreme --> 2 ethernet connections to Macs, 1 ethernet connection to Time Capsule
Time Capsule --> 1 ethernet connection to Mac Mini running Leopard Server
I have bridge mode set up and a couple of portables connected to it as well as an Apple TV, all of these seem to be connecting and staying connected just fine - it's the two Mac's connected directly to the Airport Extreme that get hit - the light on the unit (AE) flashes amber for maybe 2-3 seconds and I lose connection to any other macs I was connected to - I can easily re-connect with no problems at all but its obviously kind of a pain when you're working on files from the server, etc. and everything more or less locks up while OS X loses these connections.
Does anyone have any insight into why this might be happening? I've never had any trouble with this prior to Time Capsule/Leopard Server, both of which I allowed to more or less set their own settings on the Airport Extreme figuring that it isn't too complex a set up or anything, it's not like we're a full on 20 client office here or something, just 5 total macs, no pc's, etc.
any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I'm running into exactly the same problem. Configuration is the same as Jackoschild's. I get about an hour of good connection, then signal drops off and I get a rapid set of connects then disconnects. Very frustrating. I'm considering turning off the Airport on the Time Capsule and going with my 54g wireless built-in to the FIOS router it is attached to. Total of two iMacs running 10.5.2 (one 20" G5, one 24" iMac) and four PCs (Windows XP SP2) demonstrating the problem. I NEVER had a drop issue with the FIOS ActionTek wireless.
Any solutions?

Airport either unable to connect or drops connection

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