Need to be within 3 feet of base station!

I have just had broadband put in to my house and we have a Belkin High-Speed Mode Wireless G Router. Both my house mates, who are using Windows laptops are able to use wireless perfectly. However, my iBook G4 will only detect the base station if it is within a metre of it.
It is unlikely to be a problem with the base station, as other laptops work fine with it. But on my computer, Network prefs; airport setup and network diagnostics all report no problem with the Airport Extreme card that I installed last week.
Belkin say that the problem is with my iBook, as the PCs are working fine. But the support guy doesn't know Macs and couldn't help!

I have exactly the same problem with a new iMac G5 with Airport Extreme card. I have the Belkin ADSL Modem with Wireless G Router which works perfectly with existing G3 ibook with airport card.
The router is upstairs and the imac is downstairs; it finds no wireless signal at all, although the ibook sitting on the same table finds a strong signal and connects with no problem.
I tried moving the Imac within a few feet of the router and then it grudgingly found a signal, although still very poor. However, I want the iMac downstairs and connected wirelessly.
I have tried the same as you and diagnostics work out fine. Have also tried reinserting the antenna and Airport card several times but with no success. Could this be an issue between Airport Extreme and the Belkin Router?
I have read somewhere that Airport Extreme may be affected by installation of more than 1 GB memory; could this be another possible explanation?
Any help very welcome!

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o (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451)
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