WRT54GX4, Too Much Power (?)

I recently turned the "Roaming Aggressiveness" in the wireless card settings on my laptop (M1710/Intel 3945ABG) to the LOWEST setting, and it stopped the constant signal dropping.
I've also discovered the closer I get to this router the more the signal level fluctuates--and the more frequent the dropouts become. Removing two of the antennas actually HELPED stabilize the reported speed when I was in the same room with it.
With analog devices I've heard in the past of "bad" reception from getting too close to the source and overwhelming the receiver. Now I'm wondering if the problem with this router for some users is too much power? How would you measure the power output as opposed to "signal quality" and speed reported by the software?
Also kind of wondering, is it possible too many other Linksys routers in my neighborhood would be causing problems? Maybe this is why going with alternate brands fixes issues? I see an awful lot of "Linksys" SSIDs, sometimes with more bars than mine..

If that's the case, I strongly suggest changing the ssid and channel to 11 or 1 and securing your wireless network.
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