Connecting to AE Base Station upon waking iMac

I have the Airport Extreme (UFO looking one). I have a new 27" iMac and MacBook and at times they will not connect to the wireless network. It generally occurs when I wake either one up. Generally, I can turn off the Airport card and back on and it will reconnect. Other times, I need to unplug the power from the base station and plug back in. Any suggestions?

So I downgraded the firmware to 5.5.1 and have not had to reset the AE once.

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