Slow Download on new iMac Fast on old Ti Book

I have three computers on a AEBS, iMac 2.4 802.11N, MacBook 2.2 802.11N and an old Ti Book 400 with a Belkin USB wireless modem 802.11G. While trying to download the OSX 10.5.2 combo 343 megs the other day, I noticed that it was going to take 14 hours on my IMac 802.11N and when I checked out the TI book using Speed download, it was going to take 1 hour 20 mins for 340 meg file. The upgrade was downloading at 85 kbps on the Ti Book and 6 kbps on the iMac 802.11N I downloaded it on the Ti Book and indeed it took just less than two hours. I tried downloading the 10.5.2 on the iMac twice and it would get to 289 megs both times and quit after an all night run.
Must be set up wrong or the Belkin USB wireless device is a super piece of equipment. Any one seen this problem?

Thanks for all the help I have received from everyone out there in cyberlandia, like it was alot.
I solved my problem on my own and what a feeling. I tweaked the IPv4 settings by ending the numbers in an even number instead of an odd number (.172, .174 ,.176 etc). Sort of stumbled onto this but it worked as my download speeds were 6kbps when I started and went up to 750 kbps shortly afterwards. I am in South America and our internet connections are slow compared to the States. Wish I could get a 5 meg download speed but that is not going to happen. 750kbps (@ $90 per month) is a joy compared to the dial up I had.

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