Airport Express working for 15 mins - Tops!

FACTS:
I have a G5, Dual 1.8, running 10.4.7.
I have Airport Extreme Card and Airport Express (running most current firmware), purchased 1 year ago.
Connecting using Toshiba Cable Modem PCX2200 thorugh Time Warner Cable in New York City.
According to iStumbler, I have 23 possible networks in my range.
Currently, I have set my setting to factory default to "try" and maintain connection.
PROBLEM:
Everytime I try to personalize my settings, AE craps out (starts flasing yellow) anywhere from 10 - 15 mins. I've hard reset and factory defaulted reset at least 5 times in the past two weeks. I "think" this all started after I upgraded to 10.4.7.
I've read mult. posts about people being able to overcome their "issues" by setting interference robustness and changing their channels. According to iStumbler, everyone else in my range is running channel 11, 2, 8 or 6, so I have tried setting 4, 10 and automatic... but nothing seems to be solving WHY my AE continually starts flashing yellow.
Does anyone have any suggestions other than what is suggested in the Aiport/AE help pages?

RJ -
Do you have the most recent firmware installed on your AE?
per my original post....
FACTS:
I have a G5, Dual 1.8, running 10.4.7.
I have Airport Extreme Card and Airport Express (running most current firmware)...
I updated with the upgrade to 10.4.7 and I went out searching and reinstalled firmware 2 weeks ago once this problem initially began....
Lenn - Yes, I have weekly software updates scheduled....
It seems as though if I wait a while, my connection remains stable. FOr the past 1.5 hours, I have been watching TV and my indicator light has remained stable and green until I came on to check my mail and update my website. It's, again, not working. I'm posting this by connecting to someone else's wireless connection.
Does anyone else have an idea?

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Hello ccoffey1,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help with Wi-Fi networks. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice for the issue you are experiencing:
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections - Apple Support
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
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