Airport Snow and new laptop

Hi,
I got a new MacBook for Christmas. We have a Power G4 in the study that has been connected to the internet via the Airport snow for years. My kids have their own laptops but are away at college so I didn't know this problem existed till I got mine. Anyway, after months of trying to connect to the internet via the airport on my laptop, I am lost. I know it works because the G4 gets internet. The laptops says I am connected via the airport to our network. I get 30 seconds of internet on my laptop and that's it. It stops loading after that. Is my laptop compatible with this older wireless Airport or does my Airport need upgrading? I have tried powering off my modem and Airport and the most internet time I got on my laptop was about 4 hours...maybe. I took my laptop on a business trip and it worked perfectly in the hotel , wirelessly. I am so tired of this, but I don't want to give up on the snow if I don't have to. I have the modem connected to the WAN port. THe Snow is V.4.0.9. I have also tried to change the channel once on the G$ but not sure if I am doing this right. Do I have to change the channel on the laptop too? Do I have to reboot after I do ??? Please help me.
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