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Why would my router randomly become unreachable under WPA2?

Why would my router randomly become unreachable under WPA2?

We just switched ISPs from AT&T DSL to Comcast. AT&T had its own (horrifically bad) router, but with Comcast we're using my 802.11n Airport Extreme. Unfortunately, the router randomly becomes unreachable. I'm still shown as "connected", but I can't ping the router anymore. This doesn't appear to happen when I've got WPA2 off, though I can't confirm for sure. Any idea why this might happen, or what I can do to prevent it? I would really prefer to be using WPA2 if at all possible.

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It turned out that the router was on the other side of the kitchen wall behind the stove. Large metal objects completely wreck the signal-to-noise ratios. Moving the router so that it wasn't right next to the stove fixed the problem.