New MyBook Duo 4Tb astonishingly slow... I mean, really soul-numbingly slow

I too am at a loss.

In Australia, have a BigPond standard issue Netgear router - CG3100D-2.

My MBLD is very slow - am lucky to get the Dashboard working 50% of the time.  Using Finder (on Mac) if I see an AVI and click to view then the movie is buffering, blocky, and doesnt play.

Takes around 1 hour to copy one 2.3GB movie.

I compare this to my PS3 (also wireless) and that can download a 8GB game from the Internet in around 30 minutes.

Why is the MBLD so slow?  I try to use it for iTunes server and will not respond.  Try to watch movies from it and stutters and is very slow…

Not overly technically minded… what can I do??

I have checked my Router, and under the DHCP Client Lease area, is has the MAC add off the MBLD with an IP address and the Expirt says - STATIC IP ADDRESS.  I assume this means the Router has dedicated a Static IP for the MBLD. However in the Dashboard, it has DHCP, and a DIFFERENT IP address… could this be the problem???

Thanks