My router WRT54GL drops connection

After some hours is my connection to the internet lost. I have to reboot my WRT54GL (plug off and on the power cord) and after that  router works for some time OK.
Router type: WRT54GL
Version 1.1.
Firmware: v4.30.9, Nov. 1, 2006v4.30.9, Nov. 1, 2006
Please help me to fix the problem.
Regards Frantisek

The first link below discusses MTU, and tells how to determine the proper MTU size.
Linksys Easy Answers - Encountering Intermittent Wired [and Wireless] Connections Using a Linksys Ro...
Linksys Easy Answers - Encountering Intermittent Wireless Connections Using a Linksys Router (4029)
Hope this helps,
Lilla
Westell 6100 modem/router; Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 router firmware 4.30.9; Linksys WPC54G v2 Notebook Card; CenturyTel DSL using PPPoE

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    Software Versions:
      CoreWLAN:          2.1.2 (212.1)
      CoreWLANKit:          1.0.2 (102.2)
      Menu Extra:          7.0.2 (702.1)
      configd plug-in:          7.1.2 (712.1)
      System Profiler:          7.0 (700.3)
      IO80211 Family:          4.1.2 (412.2)
      WiFi Diagnostics:          1.0.1 (101.1)
      AirPort Utility:          6.0 (600.92)
      Interfaces:
    en1:
      Card Type:          AirPort Extreme
      Firmware Version:          Atheros 5416: 2.1.14.9
      MAC Address:          00:XX:XX:XX:XX
      Locale:          FCC
      Country Code:          IN
      Supported PHY Modes:          802.11 a/b/g/n
      Supported Channels:          1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
      Status:          Not Associated
      Local Wi-Fi Networks:
    Home Network:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02
      Channel:          1
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -77 dBm / -96 dBm
    MGMNT:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03
      Channel:          1
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WEP
      Signal / Noise:          -77 dBm / -96 dBm
    RC:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:1e:40:57:67:61
      Channel:          6
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -97 dBm / -96 dBm
    Vivek:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:24:b2:94:ea:06
      Channel:          11
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WEP
      Signal / Noise:          -94 dBm / -96 dBm
    nischai:
      PHY Mode:          802.11n
      BSSID:          58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a
      Channel:          6
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA2 Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -90 dBm / -96 dBm
    noor:
      PHY Mode:          802.11g
      BSSID:          00:24:b2:7e:26:72
      Channel:          11
      Network Type:          Infrastructure
      Security:          WPA Personal
      Signal / Noise:          -90 dBm / -96 dBm
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    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::startScan: Initiating scan.
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN (arg 0xffffffff)
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    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> ieee80211_start_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append, nopick
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.824 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   1g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.865 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] new beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "Home Network"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.865 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.873 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03] new beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "MGMNT"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.873 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:03] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.909 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   6g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.917 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.919 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.920 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.920 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.928 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] new probe_resp on chan 6 (bss chan 6) "nischai"
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.928 <kernel> [58:6d:8f:c3:ea:2a] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x4 
    Sat May  5 09:52:00.992 <kernel> scan_next: chan   6g ->  11g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.47  <kernel> [00:24:b2:7e:26:72] new beacon on chan 11 (bss chan 11) "noor"
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.47  <kernel> [00:24:b2:7e:26:72] caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x0 
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.75  <kernel> scan_next: chan  11g ->   7g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.158 <kernel> scan_next: chan   7g ->  13g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.241 <kernel> scan_next: chan  13g ->  52a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.327 <kernel> scan_next: chan  52a ->  56a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.409 <kernel> scan_next: chan  56a ->  60a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.492 <kernel> scan_next: chan  60a ->  64a [passive, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.575 <kernel> scan_next: chan  64a ->  36a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.657 <kernel> scan_next: chan  36a ->  40a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.741 <kernel> scan_next: chan  40a ->  44a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.823 <kernel> scan_next: chan  44a ->  48a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.906 <kernel> scan_next: chan  48a ->   2g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.920 <kernel> [04:4f:aa:b4:dc:f9] new beacon on chan 2 (bss chan 2) ""
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.920 <kernel> [04:4f:aa:b4:dc:f9] caps 0x431 bintval 100 erp 0x0 
    Sat May  5 09:52:01.992 <kernel> scan_next: chan   2g ->   3g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.74  <kernel> scan_next: chan   3g ->   4g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.157 <kernel> scan_next: chan   4g ->   5g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.239 <kernel> scan_next: chan   5g ->   8g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.321 <kernel> scan_next: chan   8g ->   9g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.388 <kernel> [00:26:15:61:4c:87] new beacon on chan 9 (bss chan 9) "BSNL_AP"
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.388 <kernel> [00:26:15:61:4c:87] caps 0x431 bintval 100 erp 0x0  country info  49 4e 49 01 0d 14
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.403 <kernel> scan_next: chan   9g ->  10g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.486 <kernel> scan_next: chan  10g ->  12g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.569 <kernel> scan_next: chan  12g -> 149a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.655 <kernel> scan_next: chan 149a -> 153a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.738 <kernel> scan_next: chan 153a -> 157a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.821 <kernel> scan_next: chan 157a -> 161a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.903 <kernel> scan_next: chan 161a -> 165a [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.991 <kernel> scan_next: done, [ticks 32630, dwell min 8 scanend 56413]
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.993 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> INIT (arg 0xffffffff)
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.993 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:02.994 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::getScanResult: All scan results returned for pid 622.
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.765 <airportd[804]> _handleNewMessage: Received XPC message, event = ASSOC_EVENT, pid = 622
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.766 <airportd[804]> associate: INFO: airportd associate: network=<CWNetwork: 0x7f9fd8c11fc0> [ssid=Home Network, bssid=80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02, security=WPA Personal, rssi=-76, channel=<CWChannel: 0x7f9fd8c185b0> [channelNumber=1(2GHz), channelWidth={20MHz}], ibss=0], is8021X=0, remember=1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.781 <airportd[804]> associate: INFO: Checking if admin authorization is required
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN (arg 0x0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: check scan cache
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel>  macaddr          bssid         chan  rssi rate flag  wep  essid
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.802 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.807 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> JOIN (arg 0x0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.812 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: JOIN -> AUTH (arg 0xc0)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> ieee80211_cancel_scan: cancel active scan
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> scan_next: done, [ticks 32912, dwell min 8 scanend 56413]
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> parseWPAIE: groupCipherType = 3 pairwiseCipherType = 3 authSel = 2
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> initWithInterfaceAndIE: _myMacAddress 00:17:f2:e6:81:a1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.813 <kernel> setPMK: PMK SET!
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> ieee80211_tx_timeout: state AUTH
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] ieee80211_scan_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] sta_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: AUTH -> SCAN (arg 0x1)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.815 <kernel> [80:a1:d7:4a:d0:02] ieee80211_scan_assoc_fail: reason 1
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_check_scan: check scan cache
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel>  macaddr          bssid         chan  rssi rate flag  wep  essid
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> 
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> ieee80211_start_scan: active scan, duration 24000, desired mode auto, append
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.816 <kernel> scan_next: chan   1g ->   1g [active, dwell min 8 max 8]
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> ieee80211_cancel_scan: cancel active scan
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> __ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> INIT (arg 0xffffffff)
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.834 <kernel> ieee80211_init_node[1132] old_auth 5
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.835 <kernel> en1: Terminating supplicant.
    Sat May  5 09:52:05.835 <kernel> RSNSupplicant: Releasing authenticator for 00:00:00:00:00:00
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    Sat May  5 09:52:21.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: Rescheduling in 14 seconds.
    Sat May  5 09:52:35.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: clearEntries[0] Firing!
    Sat May  5 09:52:35.354 <kernel> IO80211ScanManager::cachePurge: NOT Rescheduling.
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