Can no longer see any wireless networks

Hello,
I've had my macbook for just under a year now and have never had a problem seeing/connecting to any wireless networks in the past. However, over the past few days I have had issues connecting to my router. It keeps kicking me off every 15 or 20 minutes and when I try to reconnect it often gives me a timeout error. I have reset the router countless times and have even reset it to factory settings and triple checked that the firmware is up-to-date. I felt it was a router issue until this morning; it kicked me off so I reset my router and turned my airport off&on but now I cannot even see the network nor the other 10 (or so) networks that are typically viable. Since I cannot even see the wireless networks across the block anymore I seems like this has to be a computer issue (or at least the computer has to be involved to some degree).
I've tried to make an appointment at the genius bar but they are booked solid, as in they don't have any available appointments available at any time, even days in the future. Has anyone seen this problem before? Is my wireless card is on the fritz? Does anyone know of any potential software issues that could cause this?
Thanks in advance.

You can skip the Genius Bar and just call AppleCare directly.
However, a couple of suggestions:
• create a new location in your Network preferences; does the problem persist?
• create a new user and log in to that account; does the problem persist?
This one's more extreme: Do an Archive and Install, which will completely reinstall the system but preserve user accounts and data:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545
If these don't help, then it may well be hardware.
Good luck!

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