WRT54G (v8) No staying power

Hello all,
I called customer support about this issue, but they barely understood english and I still have the same problem (their settings did nothing to fix my problem).
THE PROBLEM:
A few days ago I got a WRT54G router. The thing works great as long as I'm pluged into one of the LAN ports on the back. The problem is with the wireless signal. I get a strong signal for about 4-5 minutes, but it progressively weakens and the bandwidth slows to a griding halt and won't load pages. If I "reset" the router using the button on the back, I get a strong signal again, but in 5 minutes it's gone downhill to 0 bandwidth again.
This has been very annoying and I'm not sure what to adjust to fix. Any ideas?!!!?? Thanks in advance!

I just went out and got another router (not linksys)... problem solved, works like a charm. Best of luck.

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