As above. For the second time in two weeks I lost the wireless connection on 3 machines, so something is up with the router (Linksys WRT54G, ~2.5 years old). Last time, when I got it working again, connection strengh tended to vary, and connection speed varied between 1 and 54Mbps. I changed channel and that gave me a solid connection at 54Mbps again. Last night it failed again. I've changed channels, rebooted the router, reset the router and disabled security. Right now, it seems to be working but speeds vary between 24 and 54 Mbps (in mixed wireless mode, no security).
Is this a sign of a dying/flaky router (the wired part works fine), or could this be due to interference on the wireless network, or even some problem with the security protocols? Could a firmware upgrade help? (I don't think it's ever been upgraded)
I'm tempted to go out to buy a new router, but that obviously would be of little help if this is interference. I'm also tempted to get some homeplug kit, which should solve a potential interference problem, but I'd still like to know what the possible cause is.
TIA (reps all around
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