MBP Retina 13" trouble connecting wirelessly to servers

A couple of months ago i purchase a new Macbook Pro Retina 13" from Apple directly. In my office i used to connect over ethernet.
For some reason the wifi continues to drop my connection to the file servers here. I can't figure it out. My internet slows to a crawl too. If i restart it will work again but after an hour or so it slows again. I need to access these files constantly so this is a huge issue for me.
Any suggestions?

Hello DCToast,
Congratulations on your new MacBook Pro! Also, thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with connecting to servers using Wi-Fi and the slow Wi-Fi connection on your MacBook Pro. I would be concerned about this too.
I recommend following the steps in the sections labeled "Preparation," "Symptom: The Wi-Fi network seems slow," and "Symptom: The network connection drops unexpectedly" in the following article to resolve an issue like the one you described:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Community.
Best,
Sheila M.

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