Why does my Netgear wireless signal keep dropping?

We've taken our iMac in to check the Airport and they can't simulate the signal dropping. It doesn't seem to matter what we're doing. It just frequently drops it. We just turn the airport off and on once and it finds it again for a bit. This happens with our ipod as well.
Does the Netgear router not work well with Apple products? Our Dell laptop does not seem to have the same problem but we're not on it as much.
We've moved both our hardwire modem and Netgear wifi away from our cordless phone but it didn't seem to make a difference.
Any ideas?
Appreciate any advice you can give.
We're getting ready to install Snow Leopard. Might that help or have nothing to do with it?

http://support.netgear.com/

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