Why can I not connect to the internet efficiently?

It seems the only place my mac is able to connect effectively to the internet is at the genius bar when I take it in to resolve this issue.
At home, my girlfriend is able to connect to our linksys internet on her macbook wirelessly, however right next to her, I am not able to do so.
At my house where I recently was able to connect fully, it is now slow and soon fades away after time.
I find my internet to be slow in many places ex: Starbucks, other homes, etc.
When I run both assitant and diagnostic it gets me nowhere.
Is there a setting in my network that could be changed or some sort of preferences in advanced I can change to fix the problem?
Thank you.

The router is wep code. I put in the right #'s. it worked for a while, then quit working. I restarted the router and everything.

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 Cheers, Tom

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

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