10.4.8 - Slow Wireless LAN

Hey
After updating my system to 10 I have had 2 major problems:
1st: My MBP wouldn't boot at all... I searched for something usefull on the Mac OS 10.4.5 disc - which didn't work at all... However - this problem is (for some reason) gone now...
2nd: This is the actual problem: My wireles connection really slowed down - it actually is impossible to use it!
- All the others within our network (Windows-powered) do NOT have any problems
- Also accessing the router's (Siemens SX553 WLAN dsl) setuppage is slow, it takes about 1 minute to load the splashpage.
- I did NOT have any problems with my AirPort
- Using the built-in Ethernet connecion works great
As I'm living within Germany, I cannot visit an Apple Store...
Any ideas? Is there a possibility of re-installing an old OS (for example using the Mac OS Install disk shipped with my MBP) or "downdating" 10.4.8?
Thanks, have a nice weekend
MacBook Pro 2GHz Core Duo - 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Hi there,
I have the same problem with my MPB 17"
You can try deleting the PLIST in library/systemconfiguration/preferences and then delete com.apple.airport prefs. This has improved the performance on mine but not resolved the issue fully
Hope this helps a bit
Rupert

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