Airport Extreme Card is weak

I have 2 questions. First, is there a firmware upgrade for my Airport Extreme card version 405.1? Now to my main question. Is there a reason why after 2 years of working perfectly that my wireless connection has gotten weak? When it was working correctly, I had a good connection from the other end or my house. Now I don't even hold a good connection across the room, about 10'. This is with an Extreme base station. I also tried a linksys connection while visiting family in North Carolina and I had to sit right by it to get any connection. Do these cards occasionally go bad? Thanks for any help.

jerryg233, Welcome to the discussion area!
First, is there a firmware upgrade for my Airport Extreme card version 405.1?
No that is the latest. All firmware updates are downloaded automatically when AirPort/system software updates are installed. There is no user notification nor notification.

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