My Apple Airport card shuts down frequently

I have been the victim of many kernel panics on my Mac Book Pro recently. The crash report always has this in it:

<pre><code>com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros(230.8.5)@0xdac000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x64f000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5b1000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(160.2)@0xa1a000

<p>I&#8217;ve noticed that right before it panics, sometimes my wireless network connection drops.  There also seems to be a way to re-activate your wireless conection, but I don&#8217;t know why this works.  I&#8217;ve created a quick screencast to demonstrate what happens.</p>


<p><a href="http://smartic.us/assets/2007/7/17/osx_airport_weirdness.mov">Reseting Mac Wireless</a></p>


<p>I&#8217;m not sure what happens, but going to the Airport menu makes it works again&#8230; Until I get another panic.  I hate to be without my Mac, but I may just have to give it to Apple, so they can give it the tender love it needs right now.</p>


<p><a href="http://digg.com/apple/Rejuvenate_a_flaky_Apple_Wireless_Connection">Dig it!</a></p>