Help with WRT54G connection problems..and Vista

Hello, I'm very new so if some of my questions have been asked before I apologize.  I have the WRT54G wireless router and have been having a difficult time getting a steady connection.  The wired computer's connection is perfect, but the machine was recently switched from XP to Vista.  Ever since the change, the internet (on the computers using wireless) fluctuates unceasingly.  (For example, when my boyfriend tries to play his online games the ping shoots from 30 up to 1000, disconnects and then goes back down about once every 10 minutes.)  Since it worked absolutely fine before the change, I figured I would try to update the firmware on the new machine, however I can't seem to get the download to work on Vista.  Every time the file downloads it says that Vista is unable to open or proceed with the download. 
I've tried other things, as far as changing the channel, enabling the SSID broadcast, and changing the physical location of the router.  Is there something else that I may be missing other than updating the firmware? And how might I go about updating the firmware with Vista?
Message Edited by emilyrose13 on 11-19-2007 06:39 PM

first off , i don't think there should be any issues updating the router's firmware on a vista machine....
the other things that you can try are :
changing the MTU size to 1365 ,
under the "advanced wireless settings" subtab, change the beacon interval - 50 , fragmentation and RTS threshold - 2304 ...

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    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Help with opening Adobe Reader and downloading updates
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    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Barbara Brundage, can you help with PS Elements 11 and Epson R2000 printer issue?
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