Lion OS X Constantly Dropping Wifi

Alright, yesterday I upgraded from SL to Lion. I thought I was doing a good thing, but in retrospect I should have stuck with SL. I say this because now (with Lion) I get disconnected from Wifi every couple minutes. When I say disconnected I don't mean the Wifi icon greys out, but rather still shows that I am connected when in all reality I am not allowed to browse the Internet or send a ping from the terminal. In order to get it working again I have to turn off Wifi, and then turn it back on. Yes, I know this isn't hard to do, but I did not have this problem until upgrading to Lion.
-I am using a Qwest m1000 modem/router..it works fine as this is the only computer that is having this issue. Something with Lion
-Here is a screen shot of Wifi alt-click
-I will update when I get a wifi log of this

Reposting this so people have an easier time finding it:
If your wifi is dropping thanks to Lion, try this too... it seems the most widely successful:
* Reboot your router to connect.
* Immediately open Terminal.
* Copy and paste the following line, exactly as is:
ping `route get default | awk '(/gateway/){print $2}'`
And then, don't close Terminal... just "Hide" with command-H.
That's it. This will work for most users, until Apple provides a better fix.
Bonus step, not essential to the fix: Add the DNS server 8.8.8.8 in the "Advanced" section of Network preferences, on the System Preferences panel.

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