PowerBook G4 12" does not reconnect to wireless network on wake

Since upgrading to Leopard on Friday my PowerBook does not automatically reconnect to my wireless network. I have to manually select the network from the AirPort menu and re-enter my WEP key, however on doing so the dialogue box in which I entered the password reports "Connection Timeout" (after about half a second - so it doesn't look like it waiting for anything to timeout). Despite this the connection to the network is established and if I cancel the dialogue box the connection remains until I put the laptop to sleep.
I'm connecting to a Netgear router and did not experience these problems with Tiger.
I've read some of the other posts on a similar topic, and have already done the following:
1. Installed the Login & Keychain update - has not solved the problem
2. Checked for the file /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAirport2.kext - I did an Erase & Install so this file doesn't exist
Is anyone else having this issue? It seems slightly different to other similar problems reported.

there seem to be ubiquitous problems with wireless networking for everyone. I can confirm for my laptop and my dads laptop (both 12" powerbook g4s) that the wireless network dies after loading a couple pages online or downloading a large file. If you press option click on the airport menu it shows you the transmit rate. It steadily drops from 54 to 1 then no connection when its about to die. I just installed the update and it hasn't died on me yet, but I expect it to. I'll post back in 10 minutes to tell you if its still alive.

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