Wifi won't hold connectivity

I'm reading over other comments but haven't found a solution yet. Our MacAir won't hold the connectivity or automatically find the wireless network. Once we click wireless at the top of the screen and it turns on, we can count to 10 and it will jump off again. Causing lots of frustration. The router seems fine as I'm not having any trouble with my Kindles, nor the other 20 iPads in the cart under the MacAir. We are currently running OS X 10.8.5. One forum suggested deleting some files in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration (specifically:
com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
com.apple.network.identification.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
preferences.plist)
Then reboot. Didn't work. Before I go too much further and really cause issues, please advise.

We reset the MTU to 1454. So far, so good.

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