2007 Mac Mini with Netgear Rangemax WPN824 - poor internet

Hi I've had my mac mini for a couple years and I've used both an old Linksys wireless B router and a newer Belkin G router both with great reception and speed. I just moved and have a Netgear B/G router. All of the other computers on it have great reception + speed, except my mac mini. The reception fluctuates occasionally from full to half, mostly staying at full, but the speed is not there at all. It will barely load anything but the simplest web site (like google). Is it just not compatible with this router, or any suggestions on things I can do to make it work with the router? I have Leopard OS on my mini.

Problems abound with many including myself with Airport on Mini. I started experiencing them when I upgraded to Snow leopard. But some have had issues with Leopard. I wonder looking back at updates that their was a Airport update that may have caused some issues? Whatever the cause Snow leopard has made it worse. I have tried other browsers, reset PRAM and deleted some network files to reset Wireless network to no avail. About all you can do is make sure your firmware is up to date on your router. Also try turning off your security for a short time if you are using any to see if the problems stay. Some have had success in manually selecting a channel on the router different from any others around you. Good Luck!

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