Dell computer using an airport utility having connection issues

I'm having issues with our airport utility connecting to the internet throughout the day.  It will be connected and then randomly drop service.  When it does this I check and it says no DSN.  I tried to reset it and start over but it still keeps happening.  I'm not computer "smart"  so I am not sure where to go now with it.  We have comcast as our internet and we have a belkin port adapter so we can hook up additional units to the internet and be "direct" connected not wirelessly.  Can anyone offer some help or advice?
Thank you!

Add the dns manually to wireless network setup.
In the XP configuration of the TCP/IP for wireless adapter.
Use DNS of 8.8.8.8 or your ISP DNS address not the airport router.

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