Intermittent Airport connectoin on my G4 ibook - what could be wrong?

recently my ibook has been experiencing periodic losses of network connectivity via aiport with the signal disappearing completely. This happens at random times and will resume sometimes but is unpredictable to the extent that the wireless connection is unusable.
This does not effect a mac mini (powerpc) or an intel PC notebook I have on the same network.
I'm suspecting a software problem but would expect lots of people to have the same problem then!

Hi james,
Have you tried a different channel? You can change it in the router. Also, turning on Interference Robustness in the AirPort menu may help.
Be sure to check the antenna as SSharon suggested. This article illustrates a properly attached antenna.
John

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