Wireless connection keeps disappearing on ibook

I have an iBook G4, along with a PC laptop. Recently I've had to reconfigure the iBook network configurations almost every time after the computer has gone to sleep. It's not difficult to do, but it is annoying. The only thing that I can think is that I recently upgraded to Leopard (10.5.8). Does anyone know whether there is a glitch with Leopard that's causing me to lose my network connection?

I actually have the same problem that Hunter has. It is extremely frusterating to see the wireless connection work so well one minute then the next it does't work. I have the same model and version Router that he has. My laptop works perfectly on other wireless networks (at school, friends houses, etc.) but not here in my own house. When my friends bring their laptops over here, they don't seem to have a problem holding onto a connection with my network. Their laptops work perfectly but not mine. I recently ran a diagnostics scan on my network and this is what I got... 00000012] Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (FAILED),DefaultIPGateway = 192.168.1.1(Same Subnet) (FAILED) Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=4
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 4ms.
DNSServerSearchOrder (FAILED)
If anyone knows what I can do to fix this issue I would love to know. I've heard things about downloading firmware, I tried that but couldn't get it to work because it was in a BIN file and im not sure what program to use to extract that file.....Thanks
Message Edited by importraceram on 05-08-200703:58 PM
Message Edited by importraceram on 05-08-200703:59 PM

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