WRT54G Connection Issues XP

I have a WRT54G Wireless router, WPSM54G Printer Server, a Tivo, a Wii, and two Toshiba laptops (one XP, and one Vista). I originally had both laptops connect wirelessly with the router and my Tivo wired to the back of the router. I was using WPA encryption with this setup and had no problems whatsoever for several months. I then bought the printserver and re-setup the network from scratch. I also changed encryption from WPA to WEP and connected my Nintendo Wii (as the Wii does not support WPA). So my setup is now is as follows: Wireless: 1 XP Laptop 1 Vista Laptop 1 Nintendo Wii 1 WPSM54G Printserver Wired: Tivo My XP laptop gets frequent disconnects (that cannot be repaired) and only works sparingly and randomly. The Vista Laptop works fine. I've updated to firmware version 1.02.2 and the problem persists. I'm thankful to any insight you can provide.

swmason03 wrote:
I have a WRT54G Wireless router, WPSM54G Printer Server, a Tivo, a Wii, and two Toshiba laptops (one XP, and one Vista). I originally had both laptops connect wirelessly with the router and my Tivo wired to the back of the router. I was using WPA encryption with this setup and had no problems whatsoever for several months. I then bought the printserver and re-setup the network from scratch. I also changed encryption from WPA to WEP and connected my Nintendo Wii (as the Wii does not support WPA). So my setup is now is as follows: Wireless: 1 XP Laptop 1 Vista Laptop 1 Nintendo Wii 1 WPSM54G Printserver Wired: Tivo My XP laptop gets frequent disconnects (that cannot be repaired) and only works sparingly and randomly. The Vista Laptop works fine. I've updated to firmware version 1.02.2 and the problem persists. I'm thankful to any insight you can provide.
Hows the reception on the xp machine that keeps dropping the connection? I'm not sure if the WRT54G supports QOS or not (i'd have to login and check mine) but it seems like there is a lot of traffic on your little home network there QOS can be set to let one device have priority over other devices using the router, and in a crowded situation such as yours, it can make a lot of difference.
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