X61s- Unexplainable halving of speeds

I'm having a really weird issue with my wireless. Somewhere around the time when I switched from Win 7 to XP, my laptop wireless speed dropped by 60% from 10Mb/s to 4Mb/s.
My other laptop is still doing 10Mb/s so it's not a network issue. And also it isn't a virus or anything and hardware Ethernet is doing 10Mb/s.
I thought maybe it's a power saving issue so I turned off all Wireless power saving features within the drivers (BIOS doesn't have any WiFi power savings), and still the same result.
I'm up to date with all the latest drivers, including WiFi (which is an Intel 4965AGN). Just tried uninstalling and reinstalling just to be sure.
I've tried everything I can think of. I know for a fact I had gotten 10Mb/s in the past on this laptop. Maybe the WiFi is dying? But it doesn't explain why I have 5 bars signal strength constantly and the speed doesn't fluctuate or anything and no drop outs...
Really don't understand. Anyone have ANY ideas?

hey thecrafter,
really hard to say, but lets have a quick take on this.
when you had a 10Mb speed it was when you had Win7 and now with XP you have 4Mb ?
Your other laptop is running on XP or Win7?
would it be possible for you to install Win7 on your unit since it's on XP and test the speed?
if you plug a network cable to your unit, is the speed still at 4Mb or is it at 10Mb ?
has the location of your unit change? as in when you had 10Mb speed the unit was rather close to where the access point is and now when you have 4Mb, the unit is in a different location (different room) ?
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Broadband has more than halved in speed...why?

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I don't have a DSL or cable modem to access the Internet ... just a mobile WiFi (there is no cable available at our house). How do I connect my Time Capsule to the Internet via the mobile WiFi?

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Alot of your steps depend on the first one which is wrong.. sorry.. you cannot use the TC as external HD.. it is now and forever a network drive.
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Yerman wrote:
Thank you for the reply. I have another option.
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