Macbook slow wireless connection

Hi guys, just got my new Macbook, and its wonderful except for one thing.
My wireless connection was just fine for the first few days, but ever since today its been horribly slwo. The other windows pcs on my wireless network are still fine, so the problem seems isolated to the macbook. I used the network utility to ping my router and the result of low pings of 2, 3 ms followed by a fat lag spike of 1000+ ms ensued. The ping log looks like this.
PING 192.168.0.3 (192.168.0.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=1662.578 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=667.342 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=2.843 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=250 time=2.530 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=250 time=5.100 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=5 ttl=250 time=1665.790 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=6 ttl=250 time=666.208 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=7 ttl=250 time=5.999 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=8 ttl=250 time=2.515 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=9 ttl=250 time=2.574 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=10 ttl=250 time=1663.791 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=11 ttl=250 time=665.401 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=12 ttl=250 time=2.985 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=13 ttl=250 time=2.485 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=14 ttl=250 time=2.884 ms
Anyone know what might be the problem? The internet was very fast until this afternoon when it stopped working. I looked around online and it seems like a lot of other macbook core2duo users might have this kind of network problem as well. If i sent it in to applecare would they just change the airport card inside the macbook?
I have tried changing the SSID and the broadcast channel to make sure they didn't coincide with any of the surrouding networks and that didn't solve the problem. I also tried connecting to some other networks and got the same ping problem.
Thanks.

Since the problem suddenly appeared, it might just be interference.
(There is an "interference robustness" setting in airport that may or may not help.)
Do you live in an environment with a high density of wireless devices?
Did you install any software or updates since yesterday?
Have you tried restarting your router?

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After searching forever to find a fix, I found a quick & easy solution that works at least for now: change your DNS address.
I'm not a techie so I don't know ALL of the implications of doing this, but in desperation, it has worked for me and I think at no risk to your network or machine. Changing my DNS address has made my connection blazing fast and relieved many weeks of frustration.
HOW: I can only share how to change on a Mac. (Please chime in if you can give directions for PC. ) Just go to this Apple support page, which will outline exactly how to do it. I used 4.2.2.2, I think you can also use 4.2.2.1 as the DNS address. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2002
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(Specific for Mac): http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=358919
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Message was edited by: Steve Caplin

Steve Caplin wrote:
Darin,
You're right - there are a lot of issues about MBP WiFi. I think there's a major problem with it.
If there was a ..."major problem with it" you would see more complaints than wifi just being among the top 10 discussion items in a trouble shooting forum. There are millions of MBP users many of whom, like myself, use wifi every day without issue.
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Is the wireless router or access point around anything with a lot of metal or..
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-when logged into ichat and i send messages, i would sometimes get a "connection timeout" message. my buddy would end up getting the message about 5 minutes later.
My iphone and dell laptop work fine. i haven't tried running parallels, but if bootcamp works, so should prlls.
I've reset the modem about 20 times. i've reset the airport about 20 times. i even re-installed my OS on the mac and nothing has done it.
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hi
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PROBLEM: every couple of minutes my MacBook loses connectivity to the network - the AirPort icon still says that i'm connected, albeit with one less bar than before, but i can't connect to anywhere, not even to the wireless router - and to re-establish a connection i need to switch off AirPort, switch it back on, it will then reconnect, and after two minutes or so i have to do it all over again because the network connection drops again.
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DIAGNOSTIC NOTE 3: I have also tried altering the router's settings (i have played around a_lot with this, trying every combination I could think of - e.g. staple down particular devices to particular ip addresses, use only 802.11g versus automatic b/g, etc) but that has made no difference either.
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The only thing that prevents these disconnections from occurring is to keep the iPod Touch's wireless switched off, which ***** because if I'm in the kitchen I can't have it switched on to monitor my email (yes, I've no life, i hang around waiting for emails), or if I go have a lie down and want to check out stuff on the net, or to browse the iTunes music store or whatever, then I know that my connecting my iPod Touch the computer will be disconnected.
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