Trouble with WRT54G2 Router DHCP

Thank you in advance for your help with this problem.
Setup:
I have four machines attached to a WRT54G2 router, which is serviced by a cable modem:
1) WinXP Sp2 - Wired and Wireless connection
2) Linksys Vonage VoIP adapter - Wired
3) iPhone - Wireless4) HP Printer - Wireless
I've had the WRT54G2 for about 3 months without any problems. Recently, my router is having problems assigning IP addresses. Every 10-12 hours, both connections on my XP machine will loose connectivity to the Internet, while the other machines will remain connected to the router and the Internet. For example, I've spoken on the VoIP phone and listened to streaming Internet audio on the iPhone while troubleshooting the IP address problem.
When I run ipconfig, it appears that the XP machine will look to renew its IP address and bypass the Router's DCHP service, receiving an IP from the ISP for the landline, but with incomplete information, leaving the machine unable to connect to the Internet. See the copied ipconfig text below. Rebooting the router fixes the problem, but I'd like to find a software setting on the router that will prevent this from happening and return it to normal DCHP operation.
The router is running under factory settings, except for my custom SSID and passwords.
I've tried cloning the MAC address, but when I do the ISP does not recognize the clone and does not assign an IP to the router.
I'd appreciate any advice from the experts on this forum.
Thank you,
degs00
begin ipconfig trace. (I've masked parts of the IP address for protection):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[With IP from ISP, but incomplete info, causing the problem]
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-09-5B-64
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.XXX.235
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.XXX.235
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 128.59.199.5
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Car
d
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-03-AC-29
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[With IP from Router, after rebooting router]
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXXXXXXXX
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cable.rcn.com
                                            cable.rcn.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cable.rcn.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-09-5B-64
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.172.3.8
                                            207.172.3.9
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 128.59.199.5
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 18 May, 2009 1:36:41 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 1:36:41 PM
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cable.rcn.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Car
d
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-03-AC-29
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.172.3.8
                                            207.172.3.9
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 128.59.199.5
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 18 May, 2009 1:36:41 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 1:36:41 PM

All-
Thank you for your advice so far. I have reset the router to factory defaults and restored my security settings (new SSID, admin password and WPA security), but ran into the same problem both last night and this morning.
I believe the problem lies with how XP communicates with the DHCP server. When the problem occurred, I attempted to connect a second XP laptop to the router's wireless connection and found that both my primary XP machine and the second laptop had the same problem: the XP machines were bypassing my router and receiving IP address directly from my ISP. Below is a copy of ipconfig both with the problem, and after I rebooted the router.
Note that I've hard coded the DNS servers directly into my machine. Also, cloning my machine's address into the router doesn't work... it won't recieve an IP from the modem.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
[This is while the problem is occurring. Note that the IP is from my ISP and not the router.]
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXXXXXXXX>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Cantilever
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-09-5B-64
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.XXX.XXX
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.XXX.XXX
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.172.3.8
                                            207.172.3.9
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-76-0C-37-90
[This is the output after I rebooted the router. Note the correct IP address and more complete set of settings. DHCP is working properly.]
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXXXXXXXXX>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Cantilever
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cable.rcn.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cable.rcn.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-09-5B-64
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.172.3.8
                                            207.172.3.9
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 24 May, 2009 12:11:41 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 25 May, 2009 12:11:41 PM
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-76-0C-37-90

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Then I obviously misunderstood your first post:
+I have been having all kinds of issues with a D-Link WIFI router in my house. I am having to reset it on a regular basis. But the funny thing is that my mom who uses Leopard is not having a problem in the world with it. The problems I am having is that I am unable to get a connection after a period of time (sometimes a day or two of usage).+
+The funny thing about all this is that at home in my house I use a D-Link router (another type) and have used the Apple airport base station and have had no problems at all.+
So, at this point, I'm confused as to whether you have a problem (or not); if so, you'd need to share some info about the model and whether it is "g" or "n" rated. If you're not having a problem, I don't understand your post.

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