Extreme not working as good as my old airport card?

Hi all. I just bought a new iMac 24" yesterday and I'm having some internet issues.
I have free internet service in my building. Usually you connect to the signal, and then it brings up a web page where you enter login info to gain access to outside websites. I was using a G4 tower with the original airport card, and didnt have any issues with this.
Now with my new iMac, I can connect to the service but the speed lags so much that it's literally slower than 56k dialup. I know nothing is wrong with the building's equipment, as I signed onto it with my laptop and it's just as fast as usual.
I know the airport card in the iMac is a newer version than the original one I had in the G4....but shouldnt that make it better?
Is there a simple fix to this? I just cant figure this one out.
thanks in advance.
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

ALL the computers will run on the network at the
speed of the router. The new intel Mac should not be
SLOWER than any other Mac on the same network when
surfing the net - it should have the same speed -
currently the G4 has a good speed but the intel Mac
has the speed of a dial up - the question was 'why is
the intel mac slower than the G4 on the SAME network
- you missed the point
I'm not looking to take sides, as I appreciate any input on this....however, this is more about what my question is in regards to.
If my new iMac ran at the slower of a high speed internet connection, I would be fine with that...however, it's running at an unreasonable speed which at times even seems slower than 56k..way slower. I feel that it's just strange that my G4 tower with the original airport card (not even an extreme) runs 50 times faster on the net than my new one...

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