WRT54GS - 7.0 Wireless signal disappears periodically

I have had my WRT54GS - 7.0 for about two months. Because of the way my apartment is set up, I am using a wireless card in my pc instead of a wired LAN connection from my cable modem. My ISP is fine; the computer wired to the router never experiences any difficulty.
My problem is that once in a while my wireless signal dips or disappears. My pc is only about 40 feet from the wireless router, and most of the time my signal is quite strong. I have software that allows me to see competing wireless networks and I know that I am not sharing a channel with anyone. It doesn't happen regularly; it will be fine for a week or even a month, then I'll have a horrendous couple of days where nothing I do can get it to connect. Sometimes it is two hours before the signal comes back. Cycling the power and resetting the router has no effect.
Should I buy a wireless repeater, or is there some other sinister agent at work besides cruddy signal transmission?
Any and all suggestions are welcome, and thanks to all who took time to read!
Message Edited by dgold on 04-11-200704:54 PM

dgold!
Make sure that there are no interferences between the two devices. Changing the channel would do as well, an if still it's the same. Set the "advance wireless settings" on the router [Beacon = 70; RTS = 2305; Fragmentation = 2306].

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