Not crazy at all. Also avoid signal cables and power cables running parallel close to each other, and signal cables runing over power supply units.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

A guess - the desktop is Windows XP, the laptop is Vista or Win7?

Why's that? That's my config & XP Desktop always > Vista laptop.

Weird, moved my pc about half a foot forward now get 16 meg on desktop.

I dont want it sitting here all the time though as its next to sofa so its hard to put a dvd or usb device in so was thinking of buying a N card or one of those aerials that are on a long wire that I can put the aerial in front of pc and have the cable going back.

Also picked up 3 more Sky networks.

Edited by deleted (Fri 24-Jun-11 01:08:20)

Maybe you have also hit on the initial cause of the problem! If your neighbour has moved or turned their router ....

When I had a Linksys USB wireless connector, which had a metre wire from the USB plug to the actual kit, I found even an inch or so movement of either it or the Linksys WAG54GS router could be significant.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

A guess - the desktop is Windows XP, the laptop is Vista or Win7?

Why's that? That's my config & XP Desktop always > Vista laptop.

I suspected part of the problem could be the "fixed" RWIN and MTU values on XP where Vista and Win7 normally auto-adjust fine.

Its dropped back down to like 4 meg now but at least I can browse the internet.