Sometimes my mac mini wont connect to the internet

I have a 2008 mac mini that for the past two years has had this reoccuring problem. When I try to connect to the internet via my home wifi extreme system, i get an error saying connection timeout, which will not allow me to connect. I know its not a problem with the wifi system because the 3 other people using the system get access to wifi fine. Sometimes i can solve this problem with my computer by restarting it, but most of the times if I leave it alseep for a couple hours it also solves the problem, but like I said not always.
Can anyone please help?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
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