Hi thanks for the suggestion - checked device manager for the 1703 card - there is no Transmit Power at all - there is a recieve and transmit buffer - these have values of 256 and 512 respectively
The signal strength is fine on the wireless - its the speed of the card thats the issue - the link speed is 72Mbps while my broadband speed is 80Mbps - so because of the overheads of the TC/IP protocol I will get slower speeds on this link rate
So really Im looking to replace this wireless card - its not upto scratch imo