Dropping network drives but not internet

I am having a problem with a MacBook that is dropping our companies network shared drive on a Windows serve. The laptop is connected via a Buffalo Wireless 802.11g network. We have 3 Windows systems XP and Vista, that stay connected all day. The MackBook is dropping the network connection about every 10-15 minutes but the internet is still connected.
There is a second wireless network that the same MacBook trys to connect to but is not the primary, it does not have access to the share. Could the system be going between the two?
Thanks
David

Hey,
I have a similar opposite problem. (see my post on "dropping" posted earlier. I have three macs and 2 PC's. The 4 all work great wireless. The PC which is connected through the router(ethernet) drops all the time - several times a day. Not good enough yet to fix it.
Good Luck, Seems hard to get answers.

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