I have had a wireless setup for over a year and a half now. My router is a Netgear WGR314 that behaved well until the past couple of months.
When I first set it up, I had a 22-25 signal (wifi manager app...6-7 is considered poor, when the router is within 10 feet of the card it registers a 45) on my desktop across the house. This would be a sustained signal with no dropped connections. Recently, my desktop (SuSE 9.1, but I have a windows xp laptop that exhibits the same issues within the house) started not being able to see the connection unless I reboot the router. Nothing has changed environmently to inhibit the connection and once connected, I still get a 22-25 signal. It just seems to be unavailable more often than not now.
I've also encountered friends/colleagues who say they have to reboot their routers (various models) more than once a day. Given the variables involved, is there any "normal" frequency that should be expected to reboot a wireless router?
What specifications should I look for if I want to buy a better device (mine is a v1)?
Thank you, Dave