Internet slow when using airport extreme

First off I don't understand the intricacies of networking at all.
THat said when I connect my macbook pro to the modem directly I get around 15meg download using a speedtest website.
Using the wireless I'm lucky to get 2meg. It's an airport extreme dome so it's more than capable of handling the speed.(right?) I assume the built in wireless card in the MBPro is equally capable.
So, is there anything I can do to improve things? I live in an apartment where there are many wirelses networks if that's relevant.

Well I seemed to have improved this dramatically by changing the security to WPA2. But that has created a problem with my powerbook as it cannot see the network.
I'm guessing that's a problem with the powerbook's airport card?? Can I update this?

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