Weird Wireless Internet

Hi all,
So as many on here have been posting about, I have been experiencing really weird internet trends with my MacBook. When I first start up (or come out of sleep mode from a couple of hours), I cannot connect to the internet at all. The computer connects to the network, just the internet is not accessible. This is true for all applications and lasts for about 30 minutes. At first I thought it was the router, but my sister got a white MacBook the same day (Same specs, just 160gig drive) and it doesn't have this problem. I'm starting to think that it is my MacBook. Does anyone know what may be causing this? Also as a side note, when I connect to the router via ethernet cable, everything is fine. Also I cannot do iChat AV video chat without the ethernet connected. Also also my iPod touch connects to the network with no problem. Here are the specs.
Black Macbook running 10.5.4 (software up to date as I write this post)
Linksys WRT54G wireless router
SBC Yahoo DSL with Speed Stream Modem (connected directly to the router)

I just thought that I would add that I have been experiencing the same problem, but with a different router. When I was experiencing the problem at first, I had difficulty even connecting to the internet, so I hooked up a second router to the network, this time it was a Netgear router. My internet worked great for about a week. Then it started pulling the same crap, but here is the shocker, now when i connect to the original router, it works! Not completely, I still have to wait way too long for pages to load on it, but I can actually log onto the internet. Please, I now know that this is not a router issue, can anyone help me at all?

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