Macbook pro and 2wire router.

i typically use airport to connect to my home's wireless connection via a 2wire router, but its getting so bad that i had to switch to ethernet cable to keep the internet from stalling.
there are 3 other computers connected to this router, usually one at a time, but all work fine with it. the other three are an HP pavillion, an HP laptop (idk which), and a old gateway running with XP with a wireless card. all seem to be working fine, but my macbook always seems to stall every 3 minutes.
every time it stalls, the broadband link flashes orange for a while, and then eventually corrects itself and turns green again. idk why.
i would like to get this problem fixed.
this router:
http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/images/31NEFGZHPBL._SS400.jpg
only it says 2wire where the sbc logo is.

i changed the IP range to 172.16.x.x and changed the mode to 801.11b in the router settings. seems to be working now.

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