Wireless slowed to a crawl

Hiya there
A few days ago (around midnight) by BT Home Hub restarted a few times, I though nothing of it I was watching a movie at the time and i just assumed it was an update to the firmware.
The next morning I turned on my computer (which is connected via cable) and all was fine and thought no more of the issue, later though my daughter came down saying her wireless connection was not working. I have taken a look at it the signal is all green bars but the connection keeps going on and off and when on is painfully slow I though perhaps i had better investigate so i turned on my Play station (also wireless connected) and got the same problem, On-line gaming is a no no simply connecting at such a slow painful speed that it isn't worth it, it cant even get on-line half the time.
Has anyone any ideas what the issue might be ?
Andy
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Hi ZooBurner,
Thanks for posting. Have you tried changing the wireless channel? I suspect it might have changed when the hub reset so you might need to "tune it in" so to speak. Have a look at this link
http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bt.cfg/php/enduser/cci/bt_adp.php?p_sid=uRbzRBUj&cat_lvl1=346&cat_lvl...
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers
David
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