Wireless Internet Speed and freezing constantly

Recently I have found my wireless internet speed dramatically slower and at times I find that it in fact won't connect with various webpages - I have had numerous instances that it even fails to connect to google or msn. Now I also own a powerbook and MacPro and I don't notice the lag or the infrequency that I seem to be having with my MacBook Pro. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Last week i received the new MacBook Pro 17" 3.1 and when i connect to my wireless network i've the same problems reported by 24LPS_Films.
I've this hardware:
Router Wireless TP-Link model TL-WR642Gv1, firmware 2.10.1 Build 060317 Rel.59202n.
MacBook Pro 17" 3.1; Airport Extreme (0x168C, 0x87)
The computer is connected to the wireless network, but when browsing or using other internet services the speed is very slow or inexistent.
I've done some tests:
- Connected to the internet with the ethernet cable --> ALL OK
- Connectet to the same wireless router with an external wireless card: Alpha Network AWUS036H --> ALL OK
- Connected to another computer in lan with the internal wireless card --> ALL OK
- Connected with the internal wireless card using Windows XP throught BootCamp to the same router --> ALL OK
- Changed the type of the wireless network to 802.11b, 802.11g, Open, WEP, WPA2-PSK --> NOTHING CHANGED
After that i think that there's a problem in MacOS X with these new cards.
MacBook Pro 17" 3.1 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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