Here we go for the stats:

System Up Time 01:35:49
Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoE 15297 19130 0 572 2893 01:35:09
LAN 10M/100M 759 0 0 60 0 01:35:45
WLAN 11M/54M 19225 16182 0 2930 631 01:35:36

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 7552 kbps 448 kbps
Line Attenuation 43 db 12 db
Noise Margin 9 db 24 db

As you can imagine, this all means a lot to me (not!) but hopefully you clever folk have an idea what it's about... Thanks for bearing with me on this one....

Jules

What sort of router should I be considering? Thanks.

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In reply to a post by Anonymous:

What sort of router should I be considering?

Your G router is sufficient; you just didn't need an N adapter.

Unless you plan to transfer lots of stuff between a local network of computers. In which case an N router may be useful.

The 7552 kbps shows the speed between the exchange and you. That should result in you being able to download at 6000 kbps (thousand bits per second).

You need to establish where the slow down occurs. For instance if you do a wireless speed test and then a wired speed test and the wireless is much slower than wired you can be confident that your wireless network is the problem.

A wired speed test will require you to use a cable between your PC and the router. If you haven't got a long enough cable you'll have to move a PC downstairs temporarily.

If the wireless connection is the problem you may find that homeplugs are a solution (these use the mains as a cable).

Try forcing tne N wireless card down to the b/g only mode.

Some netgears supported a turbo 108Mbps, which the N card may be attempting to use, or there is some incompatability between the two. Forcing G mode may make your N card run in a more compatible mode.

OK - thanks for that - will do a wired speed test later and see what it comes up with...Will post results for you to translate into language I understand

Thanks again, really appreciate this.

Jules

The link the OP gave will work for him

That's good but no reason to think it wouldn't.

(I used it to get the stats for my DG834Gv3)

Fair point, as long as the router in use is a DG834Gv3 I presume?

Yes, we both use a DG834Gv3.