Snow ABS Failing?

I posted in another topic regarding the possible failing of my ABS, but I figured I'd open a new topic because that was related to ISP renewing IP leases.
Over the past few days, I've had to reset my base station twice a day. I haven't been at the computer when it's locked up, so I don't know if it is an issue with the DSL or not. I called SBC and they've told me nothing has changed with the way they hand out their IPs and there haven't been any service interruptions in my area. Not sure if that's completely true or not as it's their tier 1 support and we all know how knowledgeable those tier 1 types are.
Anyway, the other strange issue is that when the airport locks up, it can't be found in the Airport Admin Utility. I figured if the ISP renewed it's lease, it shouldn't adversely affect the recognition of the ABS in the Admin Utility, right? Another strange this is that on one of my computers I've got the option of displaying time connected on, but the time connected intermittently just disappears and reappears. Also, the little arrow next to the network name in the airport pulldown sometimes displays and sometimes doesn't. What would cause this? One computer is running Panther and the other, Tiger. I'm assuming that this option would display based on the options available from the ABS and that the ABS broadcasts whether or not this information is available?
So, if the ABS seems to be flaking out on the display of time connected and those options, could this possibly mean the ABS is on its last legs? Is there anyway to actually check this? Seems like when it works, it works, but then it just locks up on me. Any ideas? Hints? Tips? Thanks.

I am having the same problem with a snow base station and it started about 2 weeks ago! I have one older G3 blue/white iBook running Panther, a G4 powerbook running Tiger, and a G5 imac running Tiger. Comcast is my provider. The base station just disappears from the list and sometimes comes back after a while and sometimes it doesn't, I need to be virtually right on top of it to get it to work when it does this. I decided to try another type of wireless router and got a Netgear at CompUSA. It worked for about 5 days and now all of a sudden the same problem started all over again. The signal just disappears, and even if I try to reconnect, since it appears in my Airport list, it says there is an error connecting to the base station. The base station must be reset to get it to work? Very strange?? I have tried security/ no security, I have changed channels, nothing seems to fix the problem.

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