My internet is slow when connected to the wireless router..how do I fix this?

I am having problems with my internet connection. I have a netgear wireless router that I purchased 2 years ago. My computer has been running off this connection and recently it has been extremely slow. So I plugged in the ethernet cord directly into the back of my computer and it runs fine. This would solve my problems, BUT I have other devices that I would like to run off the wireless connection, and I don't like going back and forth. SOmeone please HELP!

I had the same problem a few months ago, nobody knew what the reason for 100%.
Advised me to restart router, did not help.
Advised me to refresh settings in mac and the connection, did not help for long, after two weeks it was the same.
Advised me to change router because mac should work with any router but prefer AirPort to work with.
This solved all the problems and even the connection work faster.
Before AirPort Extreme I had for 2 years belklin's router and for 2 years netgear, looks like 2 is the magic number for others.
Unless the mac is doing something special, but I do not believe it.

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