WRT54GS Connection trouble

I have a WRT54GS v 4 router and every now and then i simply cannot connect to the internet with it however this most recent problem i cannot resolve and am tired of the problems, i am not using wireless atm i have it hooked right to the router and this problem is on multiple computers/OSs, my ISP provides a direct Ethernet connection i do not have a cable or DSL modem, if i bypass the router everything works fine
basically it will work fine then i will loose connection i cannot get to web pages, but i do have some limited connectivity i can sometimes resolve names and get a waiting for reply. the router is getting an IP from my isp i can release and renew and it picks one up fine but i still cant connect. my ISP does not block or detect routers and says it should work fine (in fact there are like 4 of these in my apartment complex).
in the past resetting the router via the button in the back simetimes works . sometimes it just randomly clears up. i have updated to the latest linksys firmware and then i tried a 3rd party firmware both have the same problems, ive played with the mtu no luck. on occasion i have gotten the router to finally connect but it is incredibly slow. not like modem slow more like extreme latency slow where if it manages to make a connection things download fast but its always waiting for a reply and times out on lots of things.
can somebody help me?

in the typical style of my router it cleared itself up randomly just up and worked again. and in typical style the electric company decided to have a blip the very next day. back to the same it connects but is sooo slow constantly waiting for reply yadda yadda..
Any suggestions to improve it's performance?
(Edited for guideline compliance. Thanks!)Message Edited by JOHNDOE_06 on 04-22-2007 11:25 AM

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