WRT54GS V6 Constantly Losing Connection

I have recently purchased a Linksys WRT54GS V6 router. I initially had it running fine with only 2 computers, 1 wired the other wireless. I have now moved into a house shared with 5 other college students which brings the total to 7 wireless computers running on the network. It worked fine for the first few hours, but after that, the connection would drop to 1Mbps then be cut off all together. The WLAN light would no longer be lit and power cycling the router would be the only thing to bring it back. Sometimes this has to be done 5 or 6 times a day. I can no longer return this as the 30 day return has run out. Are there any fixes out there as I have read this is not an uncommon problem? I am running the most current firmware 1.50.8 and am using WEP encryption. Taking off the encryption does nothing as the connection still drops.

hi, There are a few things that you can try to get a better wireless connectivity.On every PC , add your routers SSID to be the preferred network or create a profile adding your SSID.
Then on the router go to the advanced wireless settings under the wireless section.Change the value of the beacon interval to 50.Reduce the RTS and fragmentation by 40 each.
See if this makes a difference.

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