WRT54G v6 (1.02.6) - Excellent signal, POOR connection (24 or 11)

Hello, all.
I have a WRT54G v6 (v1.02.6) and a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, both in the same room; the laptop has a direct line-of-sight view of the router, which is approximately 15 or 16 feet away, sitting on top of a desk hutch which places it approximately 6 foot off the floor.
According to my laptop, the signal strength is excellent (all four bars are green), and when I first connect to it I have a 54Mbps connection; but within 20 seconds, the connection slowly drops to 48, then 36, then 24Mbps - sometimes it stays there, sometimes it drops to 11Mbps.
This is getting to be annoying. I'm less than 20 feet away with a direct line-of-sight view, and I'm getting this lousy connection rate. The only thing even remotely between the laptop and the router (aside from air) is a VCR (below the line-of-sight) and a TV (below and to the right of the line-of-sight) and they are both currently switched OFF.
It makes no difference if the router is facing the laptop, or facing away from the laptop. Adjusting the angle of the antennae only brings the connection DOWN to 5.5 or 1Mbps.
I've adjusted the Basic Rate to ALL, no change. I've switched between channels 1,3,9, and 11, no change.
What else can I do to keep the 54Mbps connection, since I'm this >< close to the router? Or, at least so I can maintain a 48Mbps? Anything less, I've wasted money on this router.
Thanks,
^_^

Reset your router and re-configure it...
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router... After re-configuring the router for Internet Access adjust it's wireless settings...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab
-Wireless Network mode should be mixed...
-Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Wireless channel to 11-2.462GHz...Wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on Save Settings...
Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WEP, Encryption should be 64 bits.Leave the passphrase blank, don't type in anything...
Under WEP Key 1 type in any 10 numbers please(numbers only and no letters eg: your 10 digit phone number) and click on save settings...
Please make a note of WEP Key 1 as this is the Security Key for the Wireless Network...
Click on Advanced Wireless Settings
Change the Beacon Interval to 75 >>Change the Fragmentation Threshold to 2304, Change the RTS Threshold to 2304 >>Click on "Save Settings"...
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If it still drops then you need to update the wireless adapter drivers...

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