Unsteady connection of MacMini client to Airport Extreme

I have 2 clients to my Airport Extreme: an iMac and a MacMini, both running 10.5.7.
The connection of the iMac to the wireless network is rock solid. The Mini, on the other hand, regularly loses its connection, always after a logout or switching users. Each time the user logs out and back in she is required to supply the AE password.
The Mini is about 15 ft away from the AE in a frame construction building, and it always shows 4 bars on the menu strip icon.
I also had to give up having the Mini back up to a disk connected to the AE via its USB port, due to the connection failing often and generating lots of messages in the system log.
I am convinced that this is one and the same problem.
Why does one client have a reliable and persistent connection and the other just the opposite?
I would be grateful for any suggestions ...

Thanks for the suggestion - I've connected the APExpress to the APExtreme via ethernet and can now see both via APUtility. When I try to perform Manual Setup on the APExpress I get the error message -6753 "An error occurred while trying to access the Apple wireless device".
I've noted that the IP Address on the APExpress falls outside the DHCP range managed by the APExtreme - could eb the root of teh problem, but not sure how to get into the APExpress to change it...

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