Router bad for my needs

I think I left a pretty advertising convince me to buy a product that is not suitable for my needs. I hope someone here can shed some light on this for me as I'm new to the home wireless network.

I have a box of Ubuntu (8.04) wired to a modem cable; I set it up as a dual-boot machine so that I can get to Windows XP Professional if necessary.
I have also a laptop Dell under Ubuntu I use it especially when I'm on the road for work on the email, or for forcing me to the remote access connection is my work computer (Windows Remote Desktop; I run IE6 in a shell of wine) or my computer at home (whether through VNC viewer or "UltraVNC" under XP).
I also, in my "spare" time, do some computer repairs coffee table for friends and co-workers.

Here's what I would do:
I would like to be able to have a switch or a router that would allow me to have the ability to keep my main box Ubuntu/XP connected directly on an internet connection "always on."
I would also like to be able to have the laptop hooked up to a connection "always on", but I don't know that it's a show-stopper if I have to jump some hoops when I want to connect it.
I would also like to have a port available to connect to the internet with any random computer I find myself working on.
Finally, I would like to be able to use the card on the lappy's wireless to connect to a network in my house without the need for a dedicated thread.

That being said... I did a few quick searches (* too * fast it seems!), and it looked as if the WRT54GL would do everything that I need.
So... being new in the world of wireless home network, I made sure to carefully follow each step on the CD (XP)... and everything went well for a while...

But, every few hours, the internet connection will just go away. By that, I mean... the status of internet light is green, so I guess that the router can see the internet, and the lights on the two connected computers (portable and desktop) are green, so I guess that means that the router can also see computers. But neither machine can connect to the internet at all. ifconfig returns 192.168.101, so that the router is visible to the computer, it seems just that the router is not allowing to each machine, on one of the 4 ports, see the internet.
Now, this occurs after the connection has worked very well for hours.
The fix for this seems to be one of two things... Either I cycle the power on the router, then I need to refresh the list of devices on the computers (or select "repair network" on the XP machine).
The alternative is to go to the configuration of the web browser and select "Release DHCP" and then "Renewing DHCP", which is fine, I wish only that it has been documented somewhere to do this it would have saved me several hours of work to understand.
A lady 'live support' had me to Flash the firmware in response to my question about this, the following was told to "watch carefully", whatever that means. She couldn't explain it further.
But after that, the connection works again for several hours in a row, then it will disappear all simply once again.
Now - in addition to this, here is the part that makes me think that I have chosen the right product... I am is no longer capable of connection of remote access to my computer at home using the IP, as reported by ifconfig (which has always worked in the past) or subdomain name, I've implemented with DynDNS (which also worked) of any machine to everything, including the XP box that I use in my office at work (who has always worked in the past.)
After spending countless hours just trying to get this router to perform because I thought it would, I have yet to try to venture into the side of things wireless. If a wired switch - this befuddling, so I can only imagine what a nightmare it will be to get the wireless side to work.

I guess the bottom line is this: I unplugged the router and plugged the main engine directly into the cable modem, and everything works as it should.
Can anyone recommend a good, reliable and always on router that will allow me to connect up to three computers simultaneously without having to go through hoops at a port?
And to be honest, I'm not really interested in the wireless; the restaurant down the street allows me to connect very easily if I put my lappy near the living room window

Thanks in advance.

(edit - the formatting of this post was horrible... I added HTML line breaks and it's much better now!)

Message edited by mwright on 30/09/2008 06:03

Unable to find good answers from live support or my repeated e-mails asking when the mysterious 'fixed' firmware, I turned to the internet for all the suggestions...

I downloaded and installed the "DD - WRT" firmware, and for three days straight, I did not have a problem with my WRT54GL.  It allows me to connect, * stays * connected, I cannot remote connection without any problems, and the wireless was working immediately.

I think that linksys should take note... I don't know if it's the ultimate solution, but it seems well have solved the problems that linksys has not been able to fix for me at all.

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