WRT54G v8 - searching for Channel after connected, then fails, no internet for wireless connection

So I have Time Warner Cable Internet
WRT54G v8 with the 8.00.2 software
MAC Address Cloning off
WEP encryptian with 64-bit
Tpad1 - Thinkpad z61p
Tpad2 - Thinkpad T41
Dell - Crap
All of these worked two weeks ago and I can't remember installing or removing any software on any machines.
I have had a few of the problems that many have had so far and it is hard to narrow down what the true symptoms are so I will start with these.
If I power cycle cable modem, then plug in router, then wire connect in Tpad1 internet works fine. If I try to add the Dell wireless internet most of the time works fine. But when I try to unplug the Tpad1 and it tries to connect wirelessly it can't do it and then the Dell loses connection and the power light blinks and then stops and then blinks again.
I also had the settings open on Tpad1 so that I could see some detail. It looks as if the software on the Tpad1 is trying to find a channel to connect to, then it will connect on the channel I specified in router at 54mbps work for a Google page load then disconnect and start searching for a channel again and the connection drops to 1mbps.
After this if I turn the Tpad1 off and try to connect the Dell wirelessly that won't work, and if I try to connect through wire it does not connect either. I need to unplug or reset the router.
Possible Solutions:
1. re-flash router - will try
2. Change wireless settings such as beacon interval to 50, framentation threshold to 2306 or 2304, RTS Threshold to 2307 or 2304
3. Using CD to install the internet connection

So this is still an issue.
I have come to find that if I am only connecting my Tpad1 to the wireless router it eventually works. It connects and then when I try to access a web page it starts looking for the channel again and then finds it again. Once this happens three or four times (looking for the channel) it seems to get a solid connection and no longer looks for another channel.
After this I think it is okay for the Dell to connect but I can't 100% remember now.
We just have avoided using our computers at the same time on the wireless network together.
also.... when the Dell is connected and then Tpad1 tries to connect, Tpad1 kicks Dell off and Tpad1 can't connect with a solid connection; and after three or four times of re-connecting for both computers the wireless network becomes no longer visible, almost like the router locks up. So a reset of the router and the Dell can connect fine as long as the Tpad1 does not even try.
This post is being done by Tpad1 connected wirelessly because I am working from home and no one else is trying to get on.

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