Leopard Wireless Oddity

I have installed Leopard on three different Macs: A new MacBook Pro and two 12" Powerbook G4s. For some reason since the install one of the PowerBooks is absurdly slow over my wireless network while the other two are functioning normally. It is able to connect no problem, but it is almost as though the bandwidth is being throttled back. Anyone know why this might be happening? I have rebooted everything (Airport, Computer, Router) multiple times and cannot seem to resolve the issue.

Larry, it sounds like your problem is related to tcp/ip - but the problem being raised here seems to relate to the actual network (ie. ALL protocols) dropping off. I have a WEP encrypted wireless network with about 20 wintel pcs and phones and printers are attached fine. I have also tested a Tiger mac with no problems. This mac-mini with Leopard is a different kettle of fish though. I have to go through the diagnostics route every time to enter the (HEX) password to connect. If the device is left for a while and goes into powersave or i sleep it i have to go through the same diagnostics route to reconnect (driving me nuts). Having looked at a few other posts I am wondering if there's more to this. The keychain /login fix has had no effect. What I am wondering though is if this is a fundamental problem with the wireless driver/support on the leopard mac having a bug in its startup/power back up routine. When I select the network in the dropdown - it has the relevant network name and shows the correct password showing but I always get a connection timed out message - I will do some more digging but to me this looks like a bug - perhaps with some wierd wireless configurations but WEP locked wireless netgear (is that odd?)
Is anyone from Apple support reading these posts... This does look like a defect in Leopard.
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Jimtron wrote:
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