On my setup there’s a router built in to the wireless reception box — so I’m using a Zyxel wireless router (cheapest option in PC World Mahon Point) in Access Point mode to provide wireless access in the house, and a fixed connection in the office, where the broadband comes in. All seems to work like a charm (touch wood)… and I don’t seem to have any issues FTPing files fron the wired or wireless network point.

Speedtests report similar speeds (c. 1MB/sec up and down consistently) from wired and wireless connections.

Guess I’m just lucky! Hope the new router sorts the problem out for you.

Any router I use so far still prevents me from uploading files and folders with any confidence. The LAN layout is straight forward, security disabled and no customised port usage.

I’ll get a new router and if that doesn’t solve it, I’ll have to look deeper, possibly change the FTP programme or perhaps the new cables are damaged or faulty.

The Netgear was bought to replace the Linksys+NetopiaDSL since we needed something whose wireless capabilities could handle the awkward layout of our home office. We got a matching USB wifi stick so that we’d get 108 Mbs instead of the 54 on the Linksys.

To be honest we notice very little difference in day to day use. The Netgear seems to handle bittorrent traffic slightly better and have slightly better range. But the DD-WRT firmware on the Linksys is far more flexible, particularly if you want to setup incoming ports with redirects (e.g. to give external people access to test machines etc).

I think the Netgear can handle ADSL2 which the old Netopia modem connected to the Linksys cannot.

So I don’t know how much improvement you will really see. I’ve just run Cat5 to the machine that was previously on wireless and that really is infinitely better.