[bucketbakereturn]

sorry my bad, completely forgot you'd immediatly clik on the site link, just typin without thinkin.

ok so its plugged in the right way and the fact ur gettin a signal of some degree means that at least its the right type of cables sonnectin it all up. Ur usin onboard ethernet is it safe to assume you've the latest BIOS and chipset for the board, are there updated firmware/drivers available for ur SACM. Is the windows firewall switched off (iti s XP ur rig?).

the firmware on the router has a 'one button' security configuration which can be disabled altogether - its designed for wireless tbh but lets at least get rid of whats possible. I do agree that there's a choke point somewhere.

Are u simply suffering from an NTL 'planned maintenance'?