E4200 usb storage extremely slow over wireless

Hi,
I get about only 500 KB/s for accessing files (as a network drive), regardless of the size of the file (even full 4GB iso)
If I watch a video via media server however I get around 3MB/s.
This is very strange and I cannot locate the issue.
My firmware is currently on 1.00 and I am not upgrading due to the notorious media server problem.
Has anyone else encounter this before?
Cheers

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For Channel Settings of 2.4 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 6, 9, 11..
For Channel Settings of 5 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 40 or 161...
Then click on Security tab disable SPI Firewall Protection, uncheck Filter Anonymous Internet Requests...
If there is any anti-virus or firewall disable them all as well...
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