Major dropping out problems!

I have been experiencing wireless drop outs on my macbook. I have tried resetting the router/modem, and anything else I could find on this site.
I am constantly having the "reset by peer" or "connection reset" messages. These happen if I am trying to download updates from apple, iTunes, or something from my email.
The problem existed before/after I updated to 10.5.3
Is there anyone who knows a fix to this? I had no problems in the past. And others on my network seem to have no problems.
Thanks.

Mixed opinions about this mystery. It might be useful to read this compendium of options, which includes all the extant options to bring things back to normal:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1441
http://www.michaelhyatt.com/fromwhereisit/2007/01/fixforwireles.html
I've never had this problem myself, but it's not uncommon.

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