Random Restarts using Airport Extreme Card

Well, I was reading the posts in here before I bought my MBP 15.4" 2.0GHz on Friday and I was hoping that I would be lucky enough to get a defect free machine. No such luck I bought the MBP at lunch time on Friday and when I got back to the office I hooked it up to our LAN via Ethernet and downloaded a couple of large software updates (10.4.7 - Intel at 133MB being one of them). Everything worked fine at the office. However, the fun began as soon as I got home and connected to my wireless router (Belkin). As soon as I tried to download other large updates I got a "You need to restart your computer" screen in different languages. To make a long story short I've restarted the machine one time too many already. Once I realized it only happened when I was connected to the network for browsing or downloading I decided to turn the airport card off and hook up directly to the cable modem. Voila! No more restarts even after downloading a 154MB file while also browsing a few web pages. So my question is. Have you guys experienced the same problem and if so, have you been able to get it fixed without sending your MBP for a logic board replacement?

Thanks for the tips Digital Dude but neither one helped eliminate the problem. I finally gave up and called Apple yesterday. After spending 45 mins with customer service rep I was transfered to a Product Specialist who asked me if I was getting a particular line in the Panic log that said "mbuf...out of range". After I found several lines like that in the log the guy said I needed to take the computer to an authorized retailer to get it repaired or replaced (I'm in Canada)so I'm going to the Apple Store tonight. Thanks for all the help though.

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