WRT54G Intermittent connection

I am new to this forum. I joined in hopes that I could find resolution to my issue....
I recently installed a new WRT54G and was previously using the B version which I had no issues with. I am on my 2nd 54G because I thought the first one was defective. But this one is having the same issue. So I know it is not because it is defective.
Now that I have this new 54G router, at least once or twice a day, I have to reset it because I lose connectivity to it.
I have done nothing to the router other than the setup information.
It seems that I lose connectivity to it from both a wireless and wired perspective.
Any assitance with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hi! I think you're having problems with the router's firmware. It will be better if you will try to upgrade the router's firmware. It is actually necessary to do so, I think that router has been manufactured not so long time and needs firmware upgrade.
Dreamers*

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Message Edited by cox0919 on 02-02-2008 12:29 PM

Mmm, now I'm wondering... did you install the EasyLink Advisor? Because I just tried uninstalling it (I can setup a router by myself, so it wasn't really useful...), and since then, maybe I'm imagining things, but not only my internet connection is stable, but it's going much, MUCH faster than before (ever since I first got the router, I noticed a bit of slowdowns). I had some suspicions that it might have been the problem, since the internet connection would never crash when my computer was off, and the Advisor would lag up my computer big time when it'd try to detect the network.

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