Haha - Frank, if by "good write up" you meant "page of complete gibberish" then you are spot on!
I'll try Antony's configgy thing and then I'll buy a new router. If that doesn't work, I'll get down to PC World and buy my own copy of the Internet so I'll have a local version that I'll always be able to access.
[Edited on 16-2-2006 by chicken]