I have a new Netgear wireless router, a higher-than-normal DSL connection via Verizon, and a new high-end Sony laptop. The Mbps speed is constantly dropping from 54 Mbps to 1.0 Mbps, often getting stuck around 12 to 23 Mbps. As we speak, it's showing 2.0 Mbps. The result is a connection slower than a 56k Dialup connection.
I've run speed tests and it consistently shows an average speed worse than Dialup. I've run Norton anti-virus, anti-everything and the system is clean. Pandasoftware also says the system is absolutely clean.
I'm sitting within 15 feet of the wireless router. The connection is secured and there is no one else using the it. I'm in a residential neighborhood in Santa Monica, CA., and there are no abnormal electrical anything operating here or anywhere in the neighborhood.
The speed seems to drop when I try to go to a new website, to any new website. At those times, the progress bar on this IE 6.0 browser often indicates that it's stuck, that nothing is happening.
I don't recall if the router is a B or G, but I recall that it was the better of the two. Does anyone know why there is a constant failure of this NetGear wireless router?
Thanks,