Airport loses internet connection more often now.  Have to reboot.  Its about 3-4 years old now.  Is there something I can do?

Airport loses internet connection more often now.  Have to reboot.  Its about 3-4 years old now.  Is there something I can do?

If your problem is due to interference, you might be able to improve things by changing the channel.  An AirPort base station that old is probably an 802.11b/g model, which suggests that the best choices for channel are 1, 6, and 11.

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