Mini DVI Causing Aircard to Malfunction

Hey guys,
I got a small issue that hopefully someone can shed some light on. Basically, whenever I boot up my macbook with the mini-dvi adapter and an external monitor attached my aircard does not fully connect to my wireless router (i.e. doesn't get an IP address). But as soon as I disconnect the mini-dvi and plug it back in, the macbook acquires an IP address. I have all my updates up-to-date, and I doubt that after a year and a half of owning this thing that I am the FIRST person to ever encounter this. Thanks in advance!

This has come up a few times on the MacBook forums (and probably on other forums, too) but no one has reported a satisfactory conclusion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11109801&#11109801
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10963288&#10963288
It seems the mini displayport adaptors throw off enough interference that some wireless connections can be disrupted.

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