Unfortunately I didnt read your post before going out and buying a router :p
I got a belkin G+ MIMO thingi..lol
connected everything up, took litrally a few seconds to add security and what not and all the internet enabled systems in my house picked it straight away.
Speed test shows an average speed of 10071 kbps and upload of 495 kbps on my desktop (which is directly connected to the router) and 9942 kpbs and 490 kbps on my laptops (wireless).
So far so good :-)
Thanks for the input