New Airport extreme station and Powerbooks. No go

Got a new AE (802.11n) FW 7.1 and got 4 Macintel computers on it, that works. But then I got 2 Powerbooks that sometimes sees the network but when connected only stay connected for maximum 30 min. And then you cant connect for about one hour.
Powerbooks have 10.4.9 and 802.11g-cards.
The network uses WPA , channel 2, and all got public IP-adresses. The station also acts as a router and DHCP-server.
Its connected from the modem > HP switch > ethernet network > Airport station > computer.
Anyone?

Neptune2000,
If your system works great for you that's the way it
should be. I'm a KISS type person and I don't
understand the need for the extra hardware if you
don't need it. Or do you need it?
It appears that acke's system is all Apple no PC
based computers.
It's also a different evironment - European based.
Just curious.
What I meant "that's the setup I have" I meant this:
Verizon DSL Modem --> AEBSn --> (AEBSn extended) --> Powerbook G4, Apple TV, Toshiba notebook
I meant I do niot have the extra hardware, which seems only there to add complexity.

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