Please Help Connection problems G4 and Airport Extreme

I have a G4 Quicksilver and a Airport Extreme Base Station. Wireless internet has been working great for several years. Purchased a new G5 and moved my G4 upstairs one floor. The G4 airport connection worked fine for about one day. Now everytime the G4 sleeps or restarts it can't find the AEBS. Lines in airport icon on desktop turn from black to gray. I opened Airport Admin Utility and AEBS does not show up. I know the signal is getting to that room because I also own a G4 powerbook and can connect with it. If I open internet connect and turn airport off and on I can sometimes get the signal back and connect but loose it as soon as the computer goes to sleep. If I bring the G4 back down stairs where the AEBS is I can connect no problem. I took out the airport card and reseated it and made sure the antenna connection wash pushed in all the way but no luck. Any Idea?

You may check the following points:
1. Do you have neighbouring wireless networks on the upper
floor?
2. What are your walls and floors made of? How many of them
are you crossing from your AEBS to your G4?
Are you passing through all of them perpendicularly?
3. With Internet Connect open, try to move and turn your
G4 to improve the signal strength. Does it change a lot?

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