Well done plusnet,as well...... !

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Ok,found it,I'm on Ch 1 and its set to Auto.I'll leave it for tonight.And have another look tomorrow,er I mean today.
Guess I just change it to manual and try any  number,between 2-11.?    Thanks again,Night.

[#2]

Trying 1, 6 or 11 is generally best to avoid interference from other routers.

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these are my local, I am on Chan one, not seen that occupied by any one else before, normally have several on chan 6 as well.
Oupput form Inssider.exe a free program

[#4]

Well,I had another session inside the Router this afternoon.Went from auto,to man.tried about 4 different freqs ,it was on 1,so I tried 4 6-7 & 11....................not a scrap of difference,so has Paulpicks suggested I'd guess,it s down to the fact,its a relativly old/inefficent wireless card.Ive put it back on Auto and will leave it for now.I must admit,I can't see a hell of alot of difference,surfing the web etc,at 3Mbs via wireless or about 5.5 Mbs via cable.
Howver,Ive made one other stepforward today.Aside from this Laptop,I also have a couple of elderly PCs.They are so ancient,they don't have ethernet connecters. About a week back,fitted a network card to one PC.At first coudln't get it to "see" the damm thing.Anyway,faffed around abit,and today got it working.  The Idea is,that until I get some newer stuff,this PC,will act as a backup to the Laptop,especially if it "dies".
So I intend to connect the Router to it via a cable. Now comes the$64,000 question. Given,that this machine has Win 98 (!!) It has A/V and anti spyware etc....................how "dangerous" isit,to connect to a broadband  router,which does have afirewall,but the machine doesn't. I await your replies with interest !!

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halfway there but not 100%, PN also use a firewall so could be sufficient

[#6]

Ok,suppose I could use Zone alarm,think that  may be useable with 98,though may,hog resources,so Ive read ?

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from memory, dont think it will wotk with 98

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I helped a friend of mine install an older version of Zone Alarm on their '98 machine recently. Try here:
http://www.oldversion.com/ZoneAlarm.html

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Ok,thanks for link................after more faffingabout,finally got old machine into Plusnets router..and now able to use it on net.
As I think I said,its mainly as a backup,in case this Laptop blowsup !  But its so slow,the PC I mean,that I wonder if its spec is below min specs for getting video,viz BBC or Utube,'cause It trys,then gives up !!!  The processor is only 500Mhz.............and I wonder if thats just too slow for "modern" video.2-3 years ago,I can recall waiting 30 mins or so,to download a 2-3 min video on Utube,think they have uprated their minimum spec now ?