Laptop can't maintain wifi connection to my airport

hi, I got a 1.67Ghz G4 power book w/ airport extreme card. (firmware version 405.1) been connecting to the web via my airport extreme base station (802.11n)
recently the power book start to have problem maintaining the internet connection, it would connect, then drop off the connection after a few minutes, and the network name would also disappear as well like it does not detect the network. then reconnect again either by itself or by use internet connect, however, sometimes it does say there is an error connecting when I use internet connect.
my desktop is also connected to the airport extreme base station via ethernet, and the connection has been fine.
Is there a way to find out what is causing the problem? the base station? or the laptop?
thank you in advance for your commends and suggestions

It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the immediate area that is preventing your PowerBook from getting a good clean signal. I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using a utility like iStumbler to determine potential areas of interference...and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them.

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