wireless signal poor

[niconicocom]

hi there, on my new second hand ibook the wireless is really poor, 50% of the time it cant even find it, im using a bt homehub which on the pc it can run at about 6mb/s but the mac runs below 1 although last night it strangly went up to 5 for a miniute or two, i have tried making sure the airport card is in properly and the connector i assume is the ariel?? seems to not plug in very well? a little loose ? do i need a new aiport card??

many thanks for any help
happy christmas

 

[niconicocom]

just noticed

when i finally manage to get it connected the signal level is on the highest then within seconds its down to the very bottom again
cheers

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

I'm not sure what kind of wifi spec you're running (a/b/g), but 6mbps suggests fairly poor signal for that PC as well. B spec is 11mbps and g is 54mbps, and I've never had a computer report under the max in either my parents' house or my apartment even when one floor under the router and across the house.

The iBook being older may have a weaker antenna than the PC, so that's that I'd imagine.