Im 2.7 miles away from my exchange.
also im on the upto 8mb


of their router.
DSL Connection   

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Uptime:   0 days, 4:09:14
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:   1,200 / 6,926
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]:   0.00 / 0.00

yeah, pretty good.  Im just under a mile from my exchange, and im getting 13/1.3.  Seems decent enough.  Change your DNS servers, the O2/BeThere ones are sucky to say the least.  

that shocked me,
BBCI Player hit 660kbs, but my torrents are worse trhan Virgin Media, I dont go over 7.8kbs

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that shocked me,
BBCI Player hit 660kbs, but my torrents are worse trhan Virgin Media, I dont go over 7.8kbs

get the ports forwarded, and turn off UPnP if you are on the speedtouch.  I had the same issues, and that appears to be the fix.  

thanks beaker how do you know the type.

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thanks beaker how do you know the type.

I have my O2 Box stuffed in a cupboard.  I lost my temper with it in the end, it didnt offer me the functionality I needed.  Ive got a wireless bridge set up so I can get a signal at the bottom of the garden, and the damned thing wouldnt play ball.  That along with the issue it needs rebooting every few days made me lose it big style one day.  I ended up with a DG834N, which is quite probably the best SOHO router you can get for under £100.  

I have a DG834GT Here that I cant get going, very wierd and being vista doesnt help.

Suggestions for better DNS servers as I have joined in the conclusion that the O2 ones are god-awful.

I have a DG834GT Here that I cant get going, very wierd and being vista doesnt help.

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try using the MAC address of your O2 router and enter it in the Netgear

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I have a DG834GT Here that I cant get going, very wierd and being vista doesnt help.

try using the MAC address of your O2 router and enter it in the Netgear

being thick here, how do you find it, I cant find it,[/quote]

I couldnt find it in my Bebox and I needed it to stick into my Netgear so it would work with our DSL connection. I ended up saving the router settings (you can usually make a backup somewhere when you log on to the router) and then going through the file with notepad until I found the MAC address the router was set up to use. There just didnt seem to be anywhere to retrieve it normally.