Wireless internet slow and lags on macbook but not g5

All of a sudden my macbook is barely loading pages.
It get's stuck on ebay, or will continue to spin and load.
On my G5 which is also on the same wireless it has no problems.
What can I do to remedy this?
Any ideas?
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Would it help at all if I switched to an open DNS? Are there any cache issues that I could address?

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