Ok, I am a luddite, so please bear with me. We have a desktop upstairs with a wireless router. Has been set up this way for 3 years. Never really had any problems using laptops anywhere in the house. Now, for the past week, the wireless connection has been fading in/out every 3 minutes or so. Terribly annoying, since the wife works remotely on the laptop and I like to play poker while watching TV.

I've tried all the basic stuff, like unplugging and restarting the router, unplugging and restarting the SHAW modem, or both - nada. So, what else might you knowlegeable people suggest??? Many thanks.