WDL 3TB: speed drops off until WDL reboot

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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Speed drops down to 20Kb (60Kb at best) after a while.

Reboot of laptop doesn’t change this but reboot of WDLputs speed back to 8Mb.

Any ideas?

TIA

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If you refer to the My Book Live transfer rate, click on the link below for some recommendations you can try. If possible also check if you get the same transfer rate from another PC. 

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5736