Full Signal, Won't Connect

I just bought a WRT54GS, brought it home and set it up according to the cd.
It's connected as such:
Ethernet cable from cable modem to Router.
Ethernet cable from Router to PC1.
Wireless connections to PCs 2 and 3.
PC1's Internet works just fine. PCs 2 and 3 worked for about a half hour after I set the router up. Then while using PC2, the internet just stopped. I went back to the "View Available Wireless Networks" display and my network was there. All 5 bars, excellent signal strength. I choose it and press Connect, it says "Detecting Network Type..." then errors and says "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. Please refresh the list of vailable networks, and try to connect again."
PC2 is about 5 feet from the router. I tried setting the channel to 11, and lowering the beacon time to 50. It still will not work.
I even tried resetting the router, and my Cable Modem.
I don't know what to do here... Perfect Signal on both PC2 and PC3 and both are within 10 ft of the router (PC3 being a bit farther away than PC2), and they won't connect. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Nope. Firmware is the lastest. I am checking once a week to see if there is a new firmware.
For my case, I am suspecting that it could be the number of connected wireless client. Linksys tech told me that WRT54G, GS and GX can support a maximum of 16. At the moment the maximum I got is 11 then the error appears then any additional attempt to connect will get ... "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. Please refresh the list of vailable networks, and try to connect again."
As for doitle case, can you try to check if you have disable all the logging functions? For example, the Firewall Log. It could be memory problem. I do not know the memory size of all the WRT54G series router. But it is just a guess.

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Robin Berman wrote:
I still can't connect wirelessly via airport extreme.
Using a Powerbook running 10.6.4
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