Netgear used to connect fine, now, who knows??

Hi all,
I have a G4 graphite iBook clamshell and a few years ago bought a Netgear WGR614 to connect to it wirelessly via my cable modem.
Connected it, worked fine, no problems...but a few weeks ago I went to a friend's house with my iBook, used their wireless (no problems) and now my iBook won't stay connected to my Netgear at home.
The Airport is on but not connected; I can fiddle with the settings and sometimes, through sheer luck, it'll connect, but if I put the computer to sleep and turn it back on, it drops the signal.
The iBook sees the Netgear, it just won't connect. When I try to connect manually it asks for the password (passkey). I type it in and am told "there was an error connecting with the selected Airport network".
If it connects, it stays connected; but if I shut the computer off or put it to sleep, it disconnects.
Any ideas? It worked just fine before...
Thanks!

Well check out this review:
http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/netgear-wgr614-54-mbps/4505-3319_7-21218238.html
(sorry too lazy to do tiny URL)
Read the first two reviews. Go to the Netgear Forum. Sounds like a lot of people are having trouble with that model.
You could hit a bunch of free wi-fi places and verify that's not your iBook.
I just had a client with the same problem and I researched the wireless router they had, same thing, replaced it, problem gone.
Richard

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