Wireless/Router/DSL/Hell

[LetYouDown]

I bought a wireless card for my PC. It's a Netgear WG311T. I set it up with both the Netgear software and Windows controlling it (separately), and they both have this issue. My connection drops for about 1-2 seconds in intervals of anywhere between 5 minutes and 1 hour.

I was using an 11Mbps router (MR814 or something like that), so I tried to switch it to my 54 Mbps router, thinking this might be the problem. Router can't get the IP address. So I took one of my PCs and connected it directly to my DSL modem (Verizon). It can't get the IP address either. I've tried resetting, power cycling, etc. etc. No luck. Hook it back up with the original 11Mbps router, it works instantly. Yes, router works, direct does not.

So now I'm dropping my connection every once in a while (which is a problem for me) and I can't use my "better" router. What in the hell can I do to fix this?