Airport turns off - must shut down and turn back on

Hi. I am wondering if anybody else is having a similar problem with their late 2008 MacBook aluminum. In the last few weeks I have found that Airport on the MacBook will not turn on. This usually happens when I start the computer. Airport does not start up. I can click the Turn Airport On from the drop down menu as much as I want, and the command is ignored. I must shutdown the MacBook and restart it. That usually fixes the problem.
My router is an Airport Extreme which I purchased in April of 2007.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?

One of the Apple software updates has apparently fixed this problem.

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