Ok, after a bit of twisting and turning and upping and downing of the laptop I got a 100% signal from my router. Now, even with 100% signal strength and ensuring I was the only user on the network the throughput was.-
Considering that I have a 97Mb/s internet connection feeding this router, and that its theoretically capable of providing a 54Mb/s wireless connection I can't help feeling that something is not performing as it should.
I have only one other router within range on the same channel as mine, and that signal is very weak. It's also an 802.11n device, although whether or not that would reduce the likelihood of it causing me problems or not, I don't know. Perhaps someone could clarify that for me?
Sitting in my usual spot at the kitchen table I am getting around about 70% signal strength as an average. Obviously some playing around with the router position could improve this however that's hardly likely to improve my throughput significantly. The best result I have seen on the wireless connection is about 20Mb/s, and obviously this will vary depending on the loading on my network and on my ISP, but it is still short of what I feel I should be achieving.
Does anyone have any other ideas or am I correct in thinking that a new router is the next logical step?