I chucked the router out the window and tried to crack into the neighbour's connection
Seriously though, silly me, the ethernet cable port on the laptop was still enabled. I think it was trying to connect every 10/15 mins or so and may have been conflicting with it. I disabled it and it seems to be behaving itself.........for the moment. I haven't really had a chance to use it for a longer time. Damn work getting in the way of things.