WRT54GS v7 firmware options

Hello everyone
I am using a wireless Linksys wrt54gs v7 and for the past few weeks I have been loosing internet connection on my laptops about once a day to were I have to pull the power on the router to reestablish my connection. This is happening on 2 different laptops so I feel confident that they both don't have bum wireless. I was thinking about reflashing the firmware on it and thought if I was going to do this I would look into some 3rd party firmware. The trouble I am running into is that it appears from what I have been reading is that after version 4 they dropped the flash from 4mb to 2mb which seems to be the stopping point for all the 3rd party firmware. Are there some out there I missed that are worth while to look at or is my only option to stick with the Linksys firmware. It is not a show stopper but I would like to know my options
Thank you in advance for any advice given.

Whats the current firmware version of your router. As of now the latest firmware for WRT54GS v7 is Ver.7.50.5, Which you can download it from the Linksys website, and your can re-flash the firmware of your router again. Once you re-flash the firmware on your router, you need to follow some setps on your router, i think it might solve your problem.
Once you sucessfuly upgraded the firmware on your router,Press and hold the reset button for 60 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 60 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router... Here are some settings which you can set on your router to make your wireless connection stable.
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
-Here select manual configuration...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"...
Now see if you can locate your Wireless Network and attempt to connect...

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