Cant connect to my network with AE

Hello everyone, I have a wirelees system running in my house. I have two Mac's and a PC on the network. This AE is the second one. The first one died after 7 months of use. I went to an Apple store and got a new one from them. I had this one for 1 and half years now and its starting to give me problems.
I have my AE connected to a cable modem model Surfboard SB 5100. Lately I tried to connect to my network, the strengh bars are full but they are grey. I can see the name of my network, the computer even try to connect to it ( that window that says "Do you want to connect to your network?" and it says unable to, try again and again and no luck.
I have the latest firmware, the latest upgrade to the macs, I have done several resets, the light is always green......
The only way to make it work is to disconnect it from the plug wait a few seconds and plug it again and it works fine.
Then next day I turn on the computer ( any of them ) and it is the same.
Any ideas, advice?
Thanks
Leo
PowerMac G4 400Hz, PB Ti 1.0Hz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

The only way to make it work is to disconnect it from
the plug wait a few seconds and plug it again and it
works fine.
Then next day I turn on the computer ( any of them )
and it is the same.
Any ideas, advice?
It could be an interference issue.
AirPort: Potential sources of interference
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58543
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