Ok, a few answers as regards location etc.
Firstly yes, the location at the moment is not ideal. However, even when I am sitting right next to the router and getting maximum signal strength the problem is still apparent. I have changed the channel from 6 to 10 and saw a 4 fold increase in speed during testing, up from 2 Mbps to 8, so I guess we are getting interference from surrounding networks.
However with a 92Mbps internet connection this is still way slower than I should be able to achieve.
The router is a DI-524 so should be capable of much better. It is about 4 and a half years old although it has been sat unused for the last 3 years or so. We changed internet service providers and used the supplied modem/router with no problems. I do not remember having any problems the last time we used this router although that was on a slower internet connection and with my last lap top, which was virtually steam powered.
No software updates that I am aware of.
It is set to 11g for sure.
As for settings, well we had a few problems getting my girlfriends lap top to connect. In the end we got it connected by playing around with the security and encryption settings. The only combo that seemed to work was WPA-PSK (TKIP).
Also what I haven't mentioned so far is that I am experiencing problems with dropped connections on a fairly regular basis. With the combination of the low throughput and the connection dropping I am getting fairly frustrated with it.
Last edited by Avionker; 22nd February 2011 at 08:23.