How do I stop airport from shuting off during use?

I am using an airport base station with a G4 1.4 dual chip desktop. Airport will shut itself off while I am using airport, the signal drops low, and I can see what looks like redialing activity. The airport icon will open and close at will. Some times airport shuts itself off completely, and I need to turn everything off for several minutes and restart. Sometimes the problem comes right back up.
Are there settings in the system software or airport software that I can change to stop this awful activity. I have inactivated the network prot connections for internal modem and for ethernet. What else can I do?
Thanks.
John

Hello again John,
1. I have the Extreme basestation
I have the Extreme BaseStation (with modem) too so I can give you specific tips about it. Which one do you have? The one with the built-in modem or the one without a built-in modem?
If you have the one with the modem: Do you connect the BaseStation's modem to your wall RJ-45 socket to have dial-up access in case your broadband connection goes down?
2. The base station connects directly to a DSL modem
Make/model of your DSL modem? Is it a modem/router combo too?
3. The G4 mac has the Apple extreme card.
That's fine
4. Airport is updated to version 4.2 -- it was the latest one I found on the Apple site for downloading -- I try to update when software update alerts me.
That's fine too
5. I have a couple of laptops in addition to the G4 and the basestation.
Mac laptops / PC laptops?
I assume the laptops are also connecting wirelessly to the BaseStation?
What kind of wireless cards are in your laptops (make/model)?
Do you have any services enabled like File Sharing, Printer Sharing etc?
6. I have been living with this issue for ever since I switched to airport a couple of years ago. I asked for help a couple of times before and was referred to airport files about troubleshooting networks etc. which did not work for me. Whenever the redial kicks in and shuts down something important I get frustrated enough to try and fix the problem, so here I am again.
Now we need to clarify the issue. The title of your topic is "How do I stop AirPort from shuting off" and here you state "whenever the redial kicks in and shuts everything down..". Since these descritpions are contradictive, tell me what happens:
Does the BaseStation turn off (ie no power) unexpectedly? [this indicates hardware failure]
Does the signal of your AirPort card (inside your Mac) goes low and eventualy the connection to the BaseStation drops?
I inactivate the network ports for the ethernet and internal modem and inactivated redial options in PPP or PPPoe. However, the redial option gets reactivated occassionally --I assume the OS is repairing what it thinks is broken and tries to make the modem work. I haven't been able to figure out which file is responsible for this redial mess nor how to stop it.
Where does the redialing takes place? From your Mac or from the BaseStation (only if you have the one with the built-in modem)? What is it trying to redial (dial-up net access number)?
Go to AirPort Admin Utility and click on the Internet tab. What's your selection for the Connect Using drop-down menu?
Finally to do proper troubleshooting, shut down every device on your network excetpt: the broadband modem, the BaseStation and your Mac
post back info to continue to the next step
Macs running 9.x, Macs running 10.4.x and SGI workstations running Irix 6.5.x
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