Error joining network

my airport express is working fine with my desktop, but trying to connect to the wireless network is unreliable on my macbook. often i will unexpectedly lose connection and when i go to rejoin a message pops up and says "there was an error joining the network." after a good 5-10 minutes of trying to reconnect it will work. its not just my laptop. the same problems occur on my macbook pro. can anyone help me out?

This has been happening to me also except I get a "connection timeout" error. I have to physically turn off my router, wait a few seconds or so then turn it back on. After I do that, My macbook is able to find the router and make the connection.
I have not been able to figure out why this is happening. I should not have to turn the router on and off to get a connection.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?

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