Macbook air won't stay connected to my desktop

My new book air seems to drop connection from my desktop. I thought the airport connection is sufficiant. Do I need another peripheral?

I'm having this issue, as well. I have 2 MacBooks and they both lose WiFi after waking-up from sleep. Ever since Lion came to town, this has taken a poop in the connectivity bed.
I state a preferred network, yet after waking up it is no longer connected or grabs some random network. I've tried to tell it only preferred, but it keeps doing its own thing.
VERY ANNOYING.... especially when they fixed the iMac for the issue I am describing. Ughhh.

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