A reliable setup for streaming to Apple TV

I'm actually looking for suggestions. At the time I got the ATV2 I had a Linksys wireless cable gateway 200 with the economy internet plan from comcast (1 mbps). That was obviously way too slow so I upgraded to the 6 mbps and now thats much better. But I'm running into problems with my connection. I would stream a TV show and every 5-10 minutes the connection gets hung up. The way I fix it is to keep restarting my linksys - then its fine again for another 10 minutes. I'm thinking my problem is the linksys since ATV shows a strong signal and my wired connection runs great. So I'd like to replace my linksys for another wireless cable modem (i'd really rather not have extra boxes/routers and stuff) so I'd like suggestions I was thinking the motorola surfboard SBG6580 but am really just interested in getting what would help me get the most of my internet connection that won't break the bank. If that necessitates a separate router let me know.

It is G, I've tried positioning the ATV in a couple different places one of which it was out in the open and could not have been obstructed by anything (visible at least). Any place I put it though the ATV does show that very strong signal in the ATV networks setting. The connection gets hung up on my iphone as well but doesn't feel as frequent and again I only notice when I'm streaming something like a video (i.e. youtube or vevo).

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I setup 2 Mac Minis, 'setup in a no-apple id. Now with Mini1 I installed a shared printer from Windows7 Pc it ask for credentials then I input Adminstrator account and the password ticking the remember in "keychain"
I run a test print and its seamless. I reboot the Mini1 and run test print again and its good.
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- reset printer settings ang re-install printer = "authentication required"
- replace sharename in windows7, reinstall printer in Mini2 = "authentication required"
This stuff never happened to Mini1.

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