Airport is unstable and slow

Hello everyone,
I just bought a used mac book pro. It has a clean install of lion 10.6.8
Airport is very unstable and slow. Ethernet is solid and fast. Was up late/and tweaking around in settings all day. Finally got the settings to recognise the 2wire router here but it is not a solid connection at all.
Any help is welcome.
Perhaps I can be of help in return some day.
Thank You in advance
tommmmmmmmmmmmy

okay,
Due to the overwhelming responce I guess I will just keep hacking at it till I get it.
I understand the reluctance to get near a THORNEY "airport" problem.
Sounds like Im not the only one.
And I just got here from buying a used MBP with fresh install and updates.
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First of all, I have a problem with my MacBook and Airport Extreme. The Network I created with Airport is getting really slow or unconnected with my MacBook. So I tried to reset both the modem and Airport. Actually, it kinda works, however this problem occurs later.
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