Safari suddenly VERY slow

I have a iMac G5, a PowerBook G4, and a Dell Desktop all connected to the internet wirelessly via an Airport. This configuration hasn't changed for months, and suddenly this morning my iMac takes forever to load pages via Safari.
Remarkably, the internet works fine via the Dell desktop as well as my PowerBook. The slow load times seem to only affect the iMac. I have tried emptying the cache, reseting Safari, and resatrting the computer, but the problem persists.
It happens on all pages, and the status bar will always state "Loading...", while the blue bar crawls, or (more frequentky) freezes midway across the address bar.
The issue appears to be related to the connection more than simply Safari, as internet dependent widgets (weather, radar in motion, flight tracker) also take a long time to load.
Any suggestions?

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It sounds like adjustments need to be made either to your Network panel settings, or to the Airport unit. What type of Airport unit are you using? Are you using the unit only for Internet? Do you have the latest firmware installed - version 6.3 for Airport Express or 5.7 for Airport Extreme?

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