Old router was a Netgear N600.
New one is a Bright Box (as supplied by Orange/EE).

I really appreciate your assistance, but I think we need to find out if it connects to another WiFi network and I know she takes the laptop to the Library and to Uni, so that is her next task. As everything else connects here, I am reluctant to mess around too much with the router settings just to accommodate her. As with most students, she uses the laptop just about anywhere that she can find free Wifi, so it's got to work no matter where she is.

I think I might do a factory reset on the old router and see if it works as I wonder if it was her laptop which was corrupting the router in the first place.

Well you wouldn't need to mess around with the router in any way in order to assign a static IP to your lodger's NIC, Harry. That alteration is something that's done solely on the laptop itself, and it's easy enough to reverse the change and re-enable DHCP once you've done some testing.

The other thing I probably should have asked is what wireless networking standard is the router broadcasting on (B, G, N or a mix)? That could be a possible cause of the problem if your lodger has an older machine. It might be worth temporarily lowering the standard to test if that improves things - you can always raise the standard back up again once you've done some testing.

Skinners,

You're right, most girls aren't technically minded. But you were forgetting that I'm both extraordinarily intelligent and naturally gifted in beauty.

:o)

Hils - obviously I remembered that as I pressed the send button. :-)

11b+11g+11n wireless mode.

I trust this isn't affecting your trading abilities today Hilary? Not that I'm suggesting that you can't multi-task but ..............................................I'll get my coat! ;o)

I think she mainly uses these Harry :-)

At least they don't answer back!

Hils, is most surely also an utterly fantastic driver and also a brilliant lover too - just like wot I am.

Right, Hils?

:-)

That goes without saying, Doc, although I regret being unable to vouch for your own capabilities in either of those departments. Being a man, I suspect that you might have over estimated by between 75 and 100%.

Is that a woman's 75%?

Well my wife and daughter do say I ought to take the car in more frequently to get the indicators checked. So you might well be right.

Which would undoubtedly be far more accurate than a man's 9", Skinners.

For a very happy relationship, the best length for a man to have is one that is 'just right' and 'fits perfectly'.

Unless you know different skinny........ hilary is also a male name.........lol

eg. As in 'Sir Head Man Hilary'.

Nothing surprises me any more. Anyhow, as birds or blokes go, he/she does have unforgettably long cracking legs.

Unfortunately, Doc, one of those unforgettably long cracking legs is gonna have some holes drilled in it soon and it might not be quite so cracking after that.

:o(

New hip?

Nah....

Hmmm?

I bet you've been skiing? Surely, you're not repairing a broken leg from it?

ACL reconstruction, Doc. I ruptured it 11 years ago, although I've been able to ski and play tennis with a knee brace in that time, but it's not stable and I've finally decided to let Mr Dinah loose on it with a Black and Decker and his fancy telescope thingey. If I get it done next month, I'll be able to do all the rehab in France during the summer and then get back to Switzerland by the end of the year.

ExecLine

You have been talking about how good is ... AdwCleaner v3.018

I can see a new ... AdwCleaner v3.020 is now out
do you think the 18 is better than the new 20?

and do you have a link direct to the company?
thanks