Dell 600m not connecting to Airport Extreme/Express WDS

I have spent the last month or so, every other week on the phone with Dell for 2 hours at a time. We are creeping up on about 10 hours total on the phone with these genii and I still have a computer that will not consitently connect to my Airport Extreme WDS. I have gone through all of iFelix's pages on connecting a Windows system to an Airport and nothing works. Dell tells me it's my airport and that it doesn't work with Airport. I know different because it has worked then it stops. It usually works for about a week or so then on it's own something wigs out and it stops working. I use my PC for one purpose - Spot/FOREX trading - that's it! I need help in the worst way and no one has an answer. Every time I call Dell I get a different story. One person tells me to use the Intel PROset utility to manage my wifi connection on my PC then another person will tell me to use the Windows Zero configuration. It's a 600m laptop with the Intel PROset wireless 2200. It hasn't worked right since I bought it new from the Dell Kiosk. It works fine when hard wired to the network but wifi is sketchy at best. Please someone help me before I take a 4lb sledgehammer and pull a Gallagher on this machine. And please don't just post links to iFelix's site. I have been there and done that numerous times it's not working. It sees my network but it won't connect. Yet it will connect to my neighbors unsecure network. My Airport is Broadcast, WPA encryption. It shows up in available networks, you click connect, it asks you for the WPA key, you type it in and it scrolls for a few minutes then says it can't connect. I have connected to other networks. Dell is telling me I should get a different router and that there are compatibility issues with XP and Airport. Help please please please. I am about to pull my hair out.

The WiFi card I have in my PC
is an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG. I have the most
current driver as far as I can tell 9.0.4.17 dated
6/26/06.
Try updating the driver
Dell
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=INSPNT_PM600M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=5896&libid=5

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