Ok, now I have a really really odd problem.
No sooner had I posted that when my connection went. Downloads wouldnt work, nor anything else.
It appears it wasnt DNS afterall.
Symptoms:
When I restart my PC, I can look at webpages for about 2 mins, maybe less. The time varies. Then it gets slower, and dies.
Things I have tried:
Changed router, changed cable, used the laptop as well as the desktop, done it right from the master socket, used open DNS.
Currently, Im posting this on my vista installation, and it seems to work fine.
Now that to me would suggest I have problems with both installations of XP on my laptop and desktop. But they both have antivirus, one having NOD32 and the other having avast.
Both have the XP firewall running, and the AV definations are always uptodate. Ive run tests on the desktop, AV tests, spyware tests, hijack this, lots.
Heres a speedtest from the Vista installation on my desktop (its dual boot).
Im going to try getting my pclinuxOS to connect on my laptop....but any ideas? Im well confused on this one.
Edit: Take it back, just rebooted into my XP installs and its working. Arrrghh! Hopefully it stays up.