Poor internet speed over airport

my daughters 20 in ch 1.8 Ghz iMac G5 is incredibly slow over airport. It has the built in aircard and is running off a Linksys B/G router. it is the only machine pulling from that router most of time, sometimes the Wii runs off that router. The connection is usually 3-4 bars, but the speed is miserable. The aircard only sees 3 networks, however sitting my MacBook next to it, I can pick up 7-8 networks (3 are in our house.)
Is the reception just generally this bad on an iMac? Anything I can do to help it? wrap it in aluminum foil...

See KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
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System Preferences>Network Click the Assist Me button.
In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button & do the necessary.
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If using Linsys router contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums.
wrap it in aluminum foil...
That only works if you attach the rabbit ears antenna.

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[img]http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/results/25514591.png[/img]
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