Power / Wireless & Email: this is really weird.

I have a rather strange issue on my 17" 2.33 MacPro. I have my macbook connecting wirelessly to my 3com office connect router and with browsing there is absolutely no problem at works like dream. However, using Mac mail I will often get a time out on connecting to my email accounts (not all the time). This only happens when wireless not when connected via ethernet. Now I actually work for the ISP whose mail I collect from so know it ain't the servers on that side.
The problem actually gets worse if I am on battery power. The one thing that does seem to have an affect is if the "battery icon" is on "Normal" rather than the "Custom..." or "Best Performance" options.
Now I have read of wireless/"wakeup" issues on the form and just wonder whether they could be connected.
I am fully patched up but have not brought the "n" network card upgrade.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or is this a hardware issue (ouch). The computer is only about a month old
MACPro C2D 2.33 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Try changing wireless channels on the router and see if its caused by interference. Also try without wifi security and with - bascially go through all the likely causes and eliminate them.

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