Airport Seems to lose connection.

I have 3 computers:
Powerbook G4 Airport Card
Dell 700m, Intel 2200BG card
Dell 8300, Microsoft MN-710 card
and Airport Extreme, with WEP.
My 8300 connects without any problems.
My 700m sees the network but will not connect at all.
My Powerbook drops the connection every 3 minutes or so.
This makes no sense to me. My next logical step would be to remove any encryption and try it wide open, but that would not be a solution, more a troubleshooting step.
Also checking the logs for the Airport, it shows that it ends soft reset mode almost 2 times a minute, however the light stays green.
Any help would be appreciated.

Hello mbenzgoodyear. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
To first rule out anything amiss with the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS), let's take a look at another potential area that may be causing the problems that you are seeing.
It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the immediate area that is preventing you from getting a good clean signal to each of your devices.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like KisMAC, MacStumbler, iStumbler, or IPNetMonitorX to determine potential areas of interference...and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them.

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