Would like to Downgrade OS, with a twist.

Hi,
Thanks for reading !
The thing is i play games and recently ive come up against a brick-wall in that i cant play World of Warcraft, ok so its not gonna ruin my life but ...
Anyway what happens is ( after either 10.4.9 / 10.4.10 ) login to game and maybe 5 mins after I will be disconnected from the game server. Not only that and this is the crunch, net connectivity is lost completely. No safari, skype, ventrilo ..nothing. On attempt to reconnect, `the other side is not responding`. Ive tried by direct ethernet and using a wireless router with no luck.
As to how im writing this email, a restart of computer magically fixes it. The weird thing is that my IP address keeps changing, why that is i cannot say. Hence why i throw myself down upon the mercy of those who may understand it better than i do.
The solution? Reverting to a previous version of the OS seems a good bet. I know it can be done using the Mac install cds. This brings me to the twist, the optical drive that came with my mac was great for a while but now is unable to read either cds or dvds ( and yes ive tried every brand under the sun ). Guess i got one of the bad ones there then. To avoid me just moaning >
1) Can a downgrade be done without the boot cds?
2) Would it just be better to get the drive fixed? ( im loathed to do this as i use it a great deal for work and it would be a big loss)
I have an an external HD if that helps Im guessing that a reformat is in the offing but sob sob...
Anyone any ideas about what the trouble is in any case??
kind regards
M.
MacBook Pro 15"   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   2Ghz CoreDuo, 2Gb RAM

I would concentrate on the changing the IP address rather than reinstall the OS! Can yo ugive anymore details on that? It is obviously where your issue lies. How is your network setup? Even if you have a very short DHCP lease, the router should try and redistribute the same IP address to you, so an every changing address is a problem.

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