Blinking connection of death

I've had my extreme base station for a month now. I like the speed I like the ease but about twice a day my connection drops in and out for about four minutes at a time. My signal strength up top reads full then two seconds later none. Two seconds later full, then two seconds gone. This is a real pain and only happens on the wifi my ethernet connection remains just fine.
I've tried googling this, I've looked around the forum but I can't find exactly anyone else matching my problem? It has suggested to me that this is a firmware problem but if no one else has this happen then it can't really be a issue that everyone must have.
I have no microwaves, cellphones, nuclear reactors, or power lines near my base station.
I do have WPA (the one requiring a word to log in) I've seen people say on this discussion site go to WEP. Is this something that should be done?
Thanks for any help in advance

kwjayhawk, Welcome to the discussion area!
I've seen people say on this discussion site go to WEP. Is this something that should be done?
Not sure how you came to that conclusion but the answer is NO. While WPA is secure, WEP is pretty easily cracked.
Using either should have no affect on the reliability of the connection.
More than likely you are experiencing RF interference. If you are operating at 2.4 GHz, try changing the channel used by your AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). If you are operating at 5 GHz try changing to 2.4 GHz.

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