All of a sudden, can't connect wirelessly to WRT54G2!!

Hi! I have a WRT54G2 router with a desktop wired to it. The desktop is mine and my roommate wirelessly connects with her laptop and has been doing so no problem for about 6 months (ever since we got the router). On Christmas Eve, she was connected, went out, came home and found she'd lost her wireless connection. Now she can't get it back.
**I can still get online on the desktop.**
I've power cycled to no avail. What is weird is sometimes she will click on the list of available networks (so she can choose which she wants to connect to) and mine WILL be there, other times it will NOT. If she does happen to catch it at a moment when my network is there, and she tries to connect using the passphrase, it says "Trying to connect" or something to that effect, for like 3 minutes and then nothing happens. Also, not that I would need to, but if I go to "connect to" on my PC (as if I were looking to choose a network to connect to), my network name doesn't always show. It is random. Sometimes it does not even show when I go to "Networks" on my desktop.
We are going crazy here and I'm sad to say I am not very technical. I can provide more info if need be. My roommate took her laptop to her parents house and can connect to their wireless network, so I know the problem is the router or something to do with it....Can someone please help me?

Thank you so much for writing back! The ssid is currently set to my name. (I named it that when I first got the router...so, it's not currentlly the Linksys example).
As for security, it is already set to WPA2 Personal and for WPA Algorithms, it is set to TKIP+AES. There is already a passphrase in there (The ones that we've been using all along for her to connect wirelessly.. and that has worked until now...she's been able to use it no problem)...
So, everything "appears" to already be the way you advise it needs to. Am I doing something wrong?
Would it help to rename the router and change the passphrase, or does that not matter? What is weird is she seems it sometimes, but no all, and when she does see it, and enters the passphrase (which has worked before) it just doesn't connect.
Here is some additional info as to the way it is set right now
Under "Basic Wireless Settings"
Wireless Configuration- Manual
Wireless Network Mode- Mixed
Wireless Network Name- Tara
Wireless Channel- 6-2.437GHz
Wireless SSID Broadcast -Enable
Wireless Security
Security Mode- WPA2 Personal
WPA Algorithms- TKIP-AES
Then there is my group shared key
Group Key renewal - 3600 seconds
Wireless Mac Filter- Disable
Advanced Wireless settings
(Most here are set to the default)
Under setup of the router, DHCP server is "enabled"
Under firewall,
3 things are checked
Block anonymous internet requests
Filter muliticast
Filter IDENT
Under Access restrictions, it says "status" and it is set to "disable"
Under administration, where it says "Wireless access web" --"enable" is checked
Under status, in regards to firmware, it says this:
 Firmware Version: 1.0.00 build 012, Jan. 24, 2008  
Any ideas? What baffles me is that is has been working for her to connect wirelessly for months, using the passphrase and everything...and now, without my making any changes or messing with the router at all, this happens.
Any ideas would be appreciated!!

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