WRK54G Wireless has a download speed of 300 kps

SAVE OUR LINKSYS Wireless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our wireless WRK54G version 1.1 used to have a download speed of 1200 kilobits per second, but for some reason now has a download speed of 300 kilobits per second.
We have high speed DSL. Nothing has changed on board the computer has changed. The router & computer are in the same position. We have uninstalled & reinstalled the software. We have run the Linksys self-fixing software from this site. (3 times) Our signal strength is good. We have been trying to solve this problem now for 8 hours. We have rebooted both the computer and router numerous times. When we hook up the blue cable to the router, we get our 1200 kilobits per second - it is just when we go remote that our download speed goes down to 25% of normal.
To be useful, anyone who replies needs to understand that we know very little about computers. You will have to give us the "dummies" version of what to do.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Hi Sharkbite:
Thanks for replying. We tried your idea, and although it helped a bit, it didn't solve our problem. Now the router downloads between 550 - 600 kilobites per second. I tested it again with the blue cable attached between the router & computer, and we still get a download speed of 1200 kilobites per second.
To answer your questions:
-The computer is a Toshiba Satellite 1900 laptop that is using a Linksys adapter.
-The distance to the router is approx 5 feet.
-The router is located behind a couch which is backed against a wall. However, the computer is located in the SAME room as the couch.
-The router and the computer have functioned happily in these locations for the past 12 months.
-We regularly test our download speed (1200 is normal) so we know that 600 isn't normal.
Have you got any other ideas?

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