just to let you know, this is wireless too (up to g, 108mbps has one of the best features no N or G router has at the moment, this is patented by netgear, long time favorite)

yo xxstang66xx: did you already buy that router? hope not, because i may have found out a fix for your slow loading. i fixed it by changing the DNS servers in my network settings. the story is, i had two DNS addresses that i used to use, and suddenly my ISP changed to two different ones, so i began using those. i've had them for about a week or two, but just now i changed back to the old ones and it's a lot more responsive. i no longer have the long delays before a page starts to load. i am fortunate because i had my old DNS addresses written down, but you may need to call up your ISP, tell them you're having problems with the DNS servers they're giving you, and see if they can give you different ones. if this is indeed your problem, buying a new router will not help you. and another hint: if you currently have your DNS addresses coming in through automatic detection, you will have to override them with manual ones. i had my DNS settings on auto and that's how i picked up the slow new DNS addresses in the first place. by the way, if you don't believe me, here's the official Apple help page on it:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106799

hope that helps! good luck.

EDIT: btw, there's also opendns.org if you want to try their DNS servers. haven't tried them myself.

@agrafuese you're right I typed in googles ip in the browser, like the article said and it loaded instantly, I think this started because I messed with my router settings, because I was trying to setup a server, so that might be the reason why?

perhaps. all depends on what settings you messed with. your router probably has a full-reset setting inside its configuration. if you don't have too many custom settings, you might want to just do a full-reset and start from scratch. fyi, i didn't have to set my DNS addresses inside the router itself. those are set to auto. i only have to worry about manually setting DNS addresses in OSX.

again, your router might not be the problem if your ISP decided to give you new DNS addresses or if they are bogged down with lots of traffic on the existing ones. do give opendns.org a try and see if things speed up for you. also, you can check ping times in terminal by typing "ping" and then the DNS address. that way you can see what kind of speeds you're getting from the DNS servers.

That can be all the reason why. I wish you had told us earlier that you messed up with your router settings because that can definitely be the reason why. Well...that was not expected of course since you asked, lol. For my area, automatic DNS is fine with me in my router. OSX nicely plays along with those settings. Never a lag, I've experienced. You can also begin a speedtest just to make sure you are getting what you paid for. Ping also works as agrafuese had stated, but thats usually helpful when you connection is facing real service problems. =)

Well since the internet worked fine, after I changed the settings for the server, I did not think the router would be the issue. But yeah now router is not working on my pc, yet it works for all the other computers in the house, strange. But I am going to buy the new router today, Have been wanting to upgrade and my family is going to chip in so it will only cost me like $20 haha. I will report back after I get off work tonight with the new router and ext.

Which one are you planning to purchase?

the one you suggested: the Netgear WPN824

excellent choice, and best range (7 internal antennas built on chip), lol. Also has video54 capabilities, rare feature to find in the competition. =)let me know how it goes.

oh nice nice, yeah hopefully I can get my parents to go get it while I am work, that way I don't have to myself after work, well I will post back around 7pst