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I bought a new Linksys wireless router to replace both my existing switch/router and my ancient wireless access point. Kat bought a new (groovetacular) laptop, and the love it was giving my ca. 2000 AP was the rough kind that ruins it for anyone else. Since we're an almost completely wire-free ('cept the wall->cablemodem->router linkage) house, this was what we call 'not so good'.

As always, when one does not understand the exact nature of the problem, one usually exchanges one set of problems for another, hopefully smaller, set.

Now, I 'lose' connectivity every few hours, for a period of time ranging from 'annoying' to 'infuriating'. Signal is 'ok' for the various boxes, ranging from 60%-90%+, so all I can think of is that someone has a baby monitor, unshielded microwave oven, or cordless phone that knocks my connection to the ground whenever it rings. However, this is new behavior, not exhibited in the old environment. (Except when Kat's new laptop did its randy business.)

I switched channels, upgraded firmware, read the fora and stopped using DHCP, all to no avail.

Now, it turns out that the WRT54G is just a re-packaged PowerBook 5300C. Of course, the original packaging was lost in a wifist purge this morning.

If you're stumbling on this by googling for "WRT54G problems", let me just tell you not to buy this route, and make your wife run an ethernet cable to her spiffy new laptop.

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