when it starts droping, how far are u from the router and how many walls is it going thru?

You may be too close


The TOO Strong Signal:

There is a second problem besides signal loss from distance or interference and that is the over boosted signal and you could experience both problems on the same network. Over boosted?... Well yes, if your wireless access point is too close to your computer, even with their tiny factory antennae, there are AGC (automatic gain control) circuits to keep the receiver section in the equipment from burning out. When an AGC (automatic gain control) circuit kicks in, the signal will disappear just the same as if there were none. You may be able to see the access point in your computers software program as a good signal or nothing at all. At any rate, you won't be able to connect to it. How do you avoid this? You simply try to locate your access point in a central location that will keep it 10' feet or more from any equipment that will be using its signal (it's also not a bad idea to keep it away from other electrical equipment). Another solution, if the computer is too close, is using a small flat type directional antenna at the computer turned toward or slightly away from the signal. This will help cut out reflected signals and down the direct signal. Experiment with its aiming, for highest file transfer levels using a large file download after you connect.

By the way... Im on a 8.0Mbps line and my upload is 768Kbps.

can you post a tracert to testmy.net?

I had a wrt54g with the latest firmware go crazy last night.. the pings were above 2500ms.. Flashed it with dd-wrt and now they are getting over their package speeds..  I have a feeling that the latest round of firmware from Linksys might have been poor in quality.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     4 ms     1 ms     9 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    11 ms     9 ms    10 ms  10.247.68.1
  3     7 ms    10 ms     9 ms  68.86.160.45
  4     8 ms     8 ms     9 ms  68.86.164.78
  5     8 ms     8 ms    12 ms  68.86.164.82
  6     9 ms     9 ms     9 ms  68.86.164.86
  7    13 ms    13 ms    13 ms  12.126.150.97
  8    37 ms    37 ms    36 ms  GBr1-p70.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.123.32.106]
  9    36 ms    38 ms    37 ms  12.122.1.70
 10    36 ms    37 ms    37 ms  tbr1-cl1476.hs1tx.ip.att.net [12.122.4.101]
 11    38 ms    37 ms    39 ms  tbr2-p013601.hs1tx.ip.att.net [12.122.9.170]
 12    39 ms    37 ms    38 ms  tbr1-cl12.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.129]
 13    37 ms    35 ms    35 ms  12.122.82.37
 14    38 ms    45 ms    35 ms  12.119.136.14
 15    36 ms    36 ms    35 ms  vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29]

 16     *       37 ms    35 ms  vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83]

 17    40 ms    37 ms    36 ms  gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.6
9]
 18    37 ms    37 ms    38 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85
]

Trace complete.


This was done while it was at 11.0Mbps and I was only 4 feet away from it

Also, i have no cordless phones anywhere near the router.

nope.. stilll stays at 11.0 all over the house

no,, i switched it to channel 6 and it is wireless g only