Going mad because of one slow Imac, one fast Macbook internet connection

I have an airport express set up WDS-style connected to the router - then another express in another part of the house extends the range. I recently started suffering very slow speeds through the wi-fi but when I plugged directly into the router it was fast so the problem lay with the way I'd set it up. But I don't know if it's the new airport update but my macbook/leopard has suddenly very fast speeds on the internet - however the imac/Tiger is still languishing. Painfully slow. An eighth as fast as the Macbook. I've tried many things including the open DNS server addresses, zapping. I can't see what is different to the Macbook - only one is fast and the other isn't. Any thoughts?

The second express is set up as a 'WDS remote' I don't know if that is as I previously said, extending the network. Even if it is and cutting the data speed the Macbook (10.5.2) is still much faster. I have tried switching channels (using Istumbler for reference) - it doesn't seem to do anything (whether the house next door is on the same channel or not - I think theirs is on automatic so it sometimes shares our channel). When I tried to set up a new network location on the Imac as a way of refreshing it I found I could not join the network because the 'password is invalid' - however it is the correct password, I checked it on the Imac keychain, I even reloaded the password to the router using airport utility (latest version) on the Imac - and still, I go and try to join the network again as part of a new location set-up - and it doesn't like it. Something is clearly slightly screwy. So I just let it stay on the location it's on - working - only not very fast.

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