2006 MacBook with Snow Leopard wifi connection problems

Bonjour, all! My dad recently bought a new MacBook Pro, so he decided to give me his old 2006 MacBook. He bought a new hard drive, and had it re-imaged with Snow Leopard. Everything (software) is up-to-date. But I have problems connecting to my wireless network at home. Sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't. And when it does connect, it is usually pretty slow. So I end up going to the router (in my basement) and using an ethernet cable to connect. The wifi works fine on the desktop and my dad's new laptop, but not on the old one. Any ideas what I can do to fix this?

Best to ask this question in the Adobe forums.
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