Snow Leopard screws up my entire network!

We are all familiar with the idiotic way of Apple handling the problems with AirPort internet access, but what happened to me today beats all problems I have read here.
Since updating to 10.5.8 and now through 10.6.2 AirPort quality has steadily gone lower and lower. I started having trouble connecting to more and more APs but still I lived in hope Apple would do something about their screwup. No such luck I guess.
So here is my newest situation:
My home network consists of a "ZTE ZXDSL-531B" wireless modem to which a Desktop PC (LAN cable, running XP), a PC laptop running Vista, my iPhone and my MBP running XP in BootCamp connect flawlessly.
However when I try to connect in 10.6.2, I have internet access for about 5 seconds an then, except for skype absolutely every device stops having internet. I tried connecting the MBP straight via cable but same result. Ping to the modem works even after internet stops. I have tried changing the location, deleting the System configuration folder and reseting the PRAM and NVRAM. I also tried using WEP, WPA, WPA2, static IP, unsecured WiFi. Nothing helped.
Obviously this is a SL problem since even with 10.5.8 this problem did not exist.
It's about time Apple stopped sitting on their *****, ruining their customers' holidays, and fixed this **** Airport Issue! Since I updated to SL I am seriously thinking of going back to Windows. This is how frustrated I feel, yes.

Sorry for ranting like this. I hope you understand that people who pay the premium price for using Apple's products expect the high quality that is supposed to come with that price. Obviously there are problems with the Airport cards or their software and this issues have even made a reputation for themselves.
Now to the point.
I found a way to fix the issue, which was that the modem kept losing its DNS settings, even if I entered them manually in it. So I entered all the settings (like IP, Gateway, DNS etc.) manually in the Network Settings on the MBP. This fixed the problem.
I know this probably has something to do with a bad modem, but I still don't understand why the problem occurs only when I connect in SL, and not in Windows, or the iPhone OS.
If the moderators think this topic is redundant, please feel free to delete it.
Thank you.

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