Speed loss using security

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Hi all.
I have a black Sky hub, default set up apart from a change to channel 6.
I have speed issues in parts of the house. I researched and apparently the Sky hubs are not too good on the wireless side.
I have a D-Link DIR 615 router so I thought I'd give it a go.
All is set up just fine and dandy and appears to improve performance until I apply security.
When the connection is left open I get a speed test around 35mb download.
As soon as I introduce WPA security the speed drops to 6mb and I get buffering on videos.
The security I use is thus, WPA/WPA2. AUTO (TKIP/AES). PSK.
Any clues?
 
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Lewie

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Well, that appears to have worked. Thanks for that.
Just for learning purposes, why does it work?
I would have thought the router SHOULD choose the right one as it gives the user the choice to choose TKIP/AES, or am I expecting too much?
Cheers.
BTW, e-mail notifications to let me know of replies not working and not going to junk. Any ideas on that one?
 
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Lewie

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Strangely this time I got notification but annoyingly the router only lasted an hour or so. It's back to being a slug so had to revert back to sky box.
Could it be to do with IP address renewal?
 
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No, even after the lease time runs out dhcp will try to give you the same address.
 
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Hmmm, then I am stumped. May have to put up with sky hub!!
 
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