Lost Airport signal drops connection over whole network!

Hi-
I have a G5 1.5 GHz tower (I think that's the right speed), running OS 10.4 and connecting to our cable line via Airport Extreme to our router. We also have a PC that is hardwired to the router. I was having trouble for a while with my connection dropping if the computer went to sleep, but that seems to have been fixed. In its place, though, is a worse problem- almost daily, I lose my signal, and it will knock our entire connection offline so that we have to unplug the whole setup in order to reconnect. It seems like this happens with high-traffic or graphic-intensive sites.
Do you think switching the channel will help in this case, or is there something else I should try? Please let me know if you need more information.
Thanks!
-T
G5 1.5 GHz (?) Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1GB RAM, Airport Extreme, Super Drive

tcano, Welcome to the discussion area!
Changing the channel is free, quick, easy, painless, etc. so it is certainly something to try.

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