Can't seem to keep my MacBook Air from disconnecting ..

I've looked up a variety of solutions online, and have applied each one with no accurate results.  My Airport seems to be fully connected at all times, but once every so often, my page won't load, and my usual progression is to pull the dropdown from the Airport icon, select Network Preferences>Assist Me>Diagnostics and then just click "Continue" until either one of two things happens either
A - The Airport connects and I get the message "Your internet connection appears to be working" at which point I click "quit" and resume or
B - I enter my password into my wireless router if I've gotten there too fast.
I don't think I should have to keep doing this.  I understand wireless frequencies can get bogged down and kick me out from time to time, but this happens on my Air typically every 5-20 minutes, and I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.
Anyone got a hard and fast solution?  I should mention that I've updated my software, emptied my caches, reset Safari, tried Firefox, ensured my router is set to WPA, dragged my connection to the top of the list, and tried several other methods to alleviate this problem, but am still getting kicked.  I love my MacBook Air and I want to save it!  Help!

It could be the DNS settings your ISP is using is creating the problem. You can easily change your DNS settings by using the following instructions. Here is a link to a MacWorld article that talks about the subject: DNS Troubleshooting
1. System preferences
2. Network
3. Click Advanced
4. Click DNS tab
5. Click + sign
6. Add 208.67.222.222
7. Click + sign
8. Add 208.67.220.220
9. Click OK.
10. Exit System Preferences
11. Try out your iMac and report what happened.
Roger

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