Airport suddenly needs to be rebooted every day

I have a client with an AirPort Extreme. He has been using it for several
years without a problem. Suddenly EVERY day (definitely when he wakes up in
the morning and sometimes at other points in the day - as far as I can tell
when the computer is idle) the status light blinks yellow.
When this happens he looses the wireless connection. If I plug an ethernet
cable into the AirPort it shows up under the AirPort Admin Utility, but is
unable to read the configuration to determine what the AP is unhappy about.
A simple power cycle fixes the problem.
I first thought it might be a problem with the AP so I replaced it with a
new one (having the latest firmware).
Same problem.
I have since replaced all ethernet cables and the Time Warner Road Runner
cable modem. Same problem.
I even tried a LinkSys router in front of the AP and put the AP in bridge
mode, but no joy.
A few other points:
If I sleep the MacBook I CAN NOT get the problem to happen (I am only
waiting max 10 min)
We "coincidentally" replaced his 3 year old MacBook with a new one (with OS
10.61) a few days before this problem started. I cant see how this could be
the problem as it happens when the computer is sleeping and the fix is to
reboot the AP not the computer, but the timing is awfully suspicious.
I dont know what else to try. Any ideas?
Thanks

If both devices are producing a wireless network, there is an increased chance of wireless interference between them, especiallyi if they are located in the same room. If you normally only one use one wireless network, it would make sense to turn the other one off.

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Does the fact that I have a router and the airport express cause some redundancy?

If both devices are producing a wireless network, there is an increased chance of wireless interference between them, especiallyi if they are located in the same room. If you normally only one use one wireless network, it would make sense to turn the other one off.

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English
Hello, like the tittle says every day at leats once this firewall restarts, and when all the services are up again the router doesn´t give any ip to the lapstops in the lan, so i need to reboot the firewall one more time ( and that takes about two minutes each time) and then it works.
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Spanish:
Hola, como el titulo dice este firewall se reinicia por lo menos una vez al día, y cuando todos los servicios están arriba nuevamente, el router no da ip a ninguno de los laptops dentro de la red local, así que es necesario reiniciarlo una vez más ( y eso toma alrededor de 2 minutos cada vez)y después de eso funciona.
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( 38.190000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
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