Router dropping or connection slow

I'm using a home networking setup right now. We had a WRT54G Linksys router setup that we used for the last several years and worked nearly flawlessly. For some random reason that we couldn't pinpoint, it started resetting the internet connection randomly, so we bought a new router. I bought and setup a Cisco E2000 router. It had the fancy CD install setup to get the network up. It was alright for the most part.

It seemed slower in general on web browsing. I let it go and now 2-3 weeks later, it's getting worse. Large downloads of 200+ MB are stalling at random points. The router is dropping the internet connection every 30-45 minutes. Streaming video goes in and out every 10-15 minutes if it's a tv show or movie. Gaming is useless online. My pings are erratic and ranging from 50-400 throughout the game.

The wifi adapter in this laptop I'm using is an Intel Wifi link IEEE 802.11b/g and Draft-N1 compliant.

Maybe I don't know what I'm doing or have this configured wrong. Just someone lead me in the right direction, heh.

 

If your using DSL, sounds like the line quality is dropping. Take a look at the DSL led and see if it's changing state.

 

It's TWC Road Runner.

 

You can still have a bad connection. It only take 1 bad splitter to kill the signal. With cable you have a max of 3-4 taps before getting to the router. More than that and the signal has degraded too much. Have them come out and test the line for a weak/bad signal.