HI all,
Firstly Sorry if this is not in the right section, please feel free to move it...
My problem is as follows..
Been using Post Office UK as my ISP for about 2 years or more, but all of a sudden yesterday my browsing experience went from great to so annoying I've nearly smashed the computer on numerous occassions since.
Phoned post office, they blamed the computer for it, however its not the computer as its worked well up until now. The computer does everything its asked, apart from load websites fast.. but I'm putting my blame with the router or perhaps the browser not too sure....
When I log into my Routers admin page its loads fine and loads real fast. The DownStream Connection Speed is 8128 kbps and the UpStream Connection Speed is 448 kbps. When i run speed tests my download averages around 6.5mbps to 6.9mbps. IF this is the case then why does websites take forever to load, if they load at all...?? Whenever I am lucky enough to get onto a page and try to download something it downloads without problem, for instance I went found a 70mb file to download just to see it was working, it downloaded real fast without problem.
My router is a Netgear DG834G V3, running on firmware version V1.03.06 (tried to update this but they must have it blocked it says "File upload failed please contact administrator."
I deleted and created a new firefox profile, didn't solve the problem...
I changed the security settings in IE, didn't solve the problem...
I re-formatted my PC, thinking could be a virus, didn't worl either...
I used the reset button on the back of my router, again didn't work
I have a Nokia N95 (has WI-FI) I use it when I'm around the house for football news and p00 when she wont let me on the computer
IT too has become really slow and groggy even trying to load a mobile specific site, so I'm blaming the router more than anything else.....
Anyone with any further suggestions please help... I'm desperate and my Mrs is getting the D.T's from not having access to the net...
Thank you so much in advance..