Airport Express is going to make me mad!

Hello everyone, I tried to find an answer for my problem browsing around with the "search" function but nada.
Well, here's my problem:
I've bought 2 Airport Express, currently firmware 6.2 (default). The main one is connected to a dsl router which provides the internet connection. The 2nd airport is connected to the first airport to give signal to all of my house. I set up all the options and parameters, activated WDS etc.. wireless is on. My computer: equipped with a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 and a PCI Belkin 802.11b/g card ( F5D7000 )set up with DHCP, windows firewall off.
The card detects the wifi connection (WPA-PSK encryption with custom password ) and connects to the nearest airport... well, at a certain point ( after..5/7/20/100/200 minutes ) the card losses signal and the network becomes unreachable ("invisible"!) . The only way to re-find the network is to disable and re-enable the pci card or to reboot the computer. I've tried to upgrade drivers of my card, forced 802.11b, robustness on etc. There are no interferences, the signal is excellent, I've tried many channels.
I'm just surfing on the internet and "puff!"..connection lost and unreachable.. so frustrating you know! Unfortunatly it happens so often!
Any idea?
Thank you very much and have a good day
Richard

I'm not sure of your familiarity with the Airport Express, so if I rattle off something that seems obvious, apologies in advance.
Turning on 'interference robustness' despite its deceptive terminology, reduces the range of your Airport. You might want to enter the Airport Admin Utility and under the Airport Pane, click on Wireless Options -- lower the multicast rate and increase both Airport Express tranmission power to 100%.
Higher multicast rates also decreases Airport range.
Then ensure that your Airport Express is set to 802.11b/g or 802.11b compatible (whichever depending on the config of your WiFi receiver cards).
The Airport WiFi equipment, and/or, WiFi equipment in general are acutely susceptible to glass; so if there is a lot of glass doors/panels in your house this may be the cause of erractic WiFi signal strength.
In addition, embedded plumbing and electrical wiring, may also produce similar effects to glass.
Finally, note when the cut offs occur. If a pattern emerges, the interference could be caused by an external source, beyond your control. Check around your neighbourhood, for electric interference -- electric gates, neighbour's cordless phone, etc.

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