Wifi keeps disconnecting on MacBook Pro

While my ipad, iphone, and apple tv maintain a consistent wifi connection, my macbook pro has recently been disconnecting every few minutes. Has anyone experienced a simlar issue or have any ideas on a fix? The network is password protected and doesnt seem to be causing any problems with other devices. If I hardwire the notebook, there are no problems.

Hello rpaolino,
I would reommend taking a look at some of the troubleshooting steps included in the article below.
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4628
Hope that helps,
Griff W.

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It has happened on multiple networks, not just the same network.
On top of that, every time it happens I have other devices connected to the same network and they work fine.
It has not always happened, this recently started about 2 weeks ago.
I have not recently installed any software that could have possibley done this (I use mostly MAS store stuff with the exception of Bartender, TotalFinder, and xQuarts, but all 3 of those had long been installed before I had to format my machine)
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