FIOS and Wireless Connection Disconnecting

I now have Verizon FIOS and only on my MacBook Pro the wireless keeps disconnecting after 5 minutes of inactivity. I tried testing connectivity on a Windows laptop and on an iPad and there are no issues. I called VZ and they said this is an Apple Macbook issue as they ran diagnostics and all the tests and configurations were all set correctly. Does anyone else have this issue and is there any solution?
Thanks.

greener wrote:
so I just got the blazing fast Fios last week and love everything about it except about 50% of the time I need to restart my laptop (which is hooked up wireless) in order to connect. When I initially connect it shows that it is connected but cannot receive anything in a browser. The remedy is a restart. but I only need to do this about 50% of the time.
Interestly, If I am having problems and cannot connect I can still receive a skype ping (but cannot browse to any pages using FF or IE)
I called tech support and they were very nice but did not solve.
Anyone else with this?
rg
Sounds like an issue on your laptop. Can you ping anything outbound? It sound like the DNS on your laptop is not connecting properly, or the network arp cache is hosed. If you're using XP or Vista you should be able to "repair" the network connection without having to restart the laptop -- this is essentially what a restart will do for you relative to network issues without having to restart. Right click on the network icon in the right toolbar area and select Diagnose and Repair.

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