DLink Wireless Router Options

Hi folks. Question about DLink routers I've had for some time.
I have a DLink 624 Wireless Router. It offers me 3 options for the wireless connection to my Macs. I have Airport Extreme cards in all of them, and I want to optimize my connection speeds. I'm having trouble connecting using WPA2, but the recent firmware upgrade by DLink said they fixed that. I've had some success with my new MacBook, but she's not working at the moment.
So...I've tried the following and they don't seem to want to work:
Super G with Dynamic Turbo: Doesn't work
Super G without Turbo: Doesn't work
Disabled: Works (more below)
Using MenuMeters (third party application, allows me to view network throughput), I can see I can get 1.6 MB/s incoming from my G5 to my MacBook. For 54 Mbps (Airport Extreme) this is pretty slow. Now, the G5 is going to the router via Ethernet (Gigabit, or Fast Ethernet), so the only wireless transmission is (essentially) from the DLink to my MacBook.
Now I know I have had faster speeds out of this router. Anybody have any ideas what I can do to speed this up?
Cheers

Hi Frangelica,
To upgrade the firmware of the DLink, you don't need to open the file... I can't believe DLink support couldn't tell you that!
Here is how to do it:
You have rev D, and mine is rev C so maybe the navigation pane is different.
Login the router at 192.168.0.1 in your browser.
Go to the Tools tab, then click on Firmware.
You should see a Browse button that will let you locate the Firmware upgrade file you downloaded. Click on it and navigate to the file. Then click Apply.
Do not upgrade while using a wireless connection. If the connection is dropped while upgrading, it could mess your router for good.
You can check the full instructions for firmware upgrade on DLink website here:
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=966&question=General-Routers
Maybe this firmware upgrade will solve your dropped connections and download speed issues. I don't use revD, but my revC started to have problems AFTER the upgrade and I had to downgrade to the one I was using before. From now on, if I don't have anything to fix, I won't upgrade! If your problem is worse after the upgrade and you have trouble reverting to an older firmware, post back and I'll give you a hand.
Good luck!
Guylaine
Mac mini Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz 512MB DDR2 SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) G4 Digital Audio Mac OS 9.2.2, iPod nano 1GB, iPod nano 4GB

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