I'll typically get 1.2MB/s once things get going after awhile.
Regarding the DNS Relay problem per EddieZ, I read elsewhere that DNS relay was fixed in 1.32NAbeta09? It might just be a coincidence here, but no slowdown/lockup problems here since I loaded the beta. I had the 1.32NA approved release prior to that.
The original poster's message shows that he can access the web interface however, where I could not. But before the router went out to lunch, the symptoms were very similar for me.