Airport keeps turning off!

I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. When I'm running wireless in my home, I experience a lot of drop offs from the Internet. While some of this is due to poor wireless reception, what puzzles me is that when I try to get back on, I keep seeing that Airport is turned off. When I go to Network Preferences, it also tells me that Airport is turned off. When I attempt to turn it back on, I am asked to verify my password and such. Still, Airport is indicated at not being turned on. I am forced to Restart my MacBook Pro. When I connect up to my router via an Ethernet cable, Airport is indicated as being on. Can anyone please offer me some assistance?
Mark

You are posting in the MacBook Pro (Original) forum. Your mid 2009 MBP qualifies you to post in the MacBook Pro (Late 2008 and 2009) forum area here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=251

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