Is my router rubbish?

[meredith101]

I have a wireless router it is a bit old, I think first gen 8.xxx whatever, it doesn't have antennae poking out. I live in a big house and I like using my computer upstairs, but the connection drops off about once per hour, and if I move the PC it improves a bit. No such problems near the router. Any ideas? Worth upgrading? Do later protocols/models get through old walls better? Or no better at all. Thanks.

Also, regarding the connection dropping, could you tell me wheth

[ACtheTROLL]

everybody does the xxxx!!!

the bit that matters is the last xxxx ... is it 802.11a, b, g, n or what?

see the Comparison chart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11a-1999