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Two weeks ago I got rid of my desktop computer and installed a NAS device in its place. Since then, all of my wireless devices have trouble connecting to the router. I suddenly have to power off/on the router so that anything wireless can connect.

I have the NAS and a network printer physically connected to the router, and have two laptops, a Wii, and a BlueRay player that use a wireless connection to the router. I haven't tried to use the BlueRay player since the problem started.

Whenever I want to connect a wireless device (a laptop or the Wii), I have to turn off the router, turn it back on, then wait for it to come back online and I can connect. If a laptop goes to sleep or I turn off the Wii, I have to repeat this procedure. If one laptop is connected, and another is asleep, the second laptop will not be able to connect to the router when powered up (get a generic "unable to connect to router XXXXXXXXXX" message). If I power off the router, I can connect both laptops and the Wii at the same time.

Any ideas what is going on. The problems seem to have started when I got rid of my desktop computer. Do routers still need a primary network node to work properly? Can the NAS or printer not be that node?