Flash Server frustrations

I believe the rest of my group enjoyed their time on the Flash server last night. However, I was just plain frustrated. For whatever reason, my microphone continued to cut-out, my video froze a lot of the time, and after trying to speak and having no one respond (because there was such a delay and because half the time they couldn't hear me) I had to resort to typing out short answers. Basically, I was back to IM with a horrible frozen picture of myself on screen.
I don't think that the whole thing can be blamed on the flash server. I think a mixture of possibilities can be blamed.
1. My computer is hooked up to a wireless network (Airport)
2. I'm using a Macintosh
3. I wonder if the desktop is partitioned with enough memory (although I talked with Steven C. and he thought that it wasn't the problem)
4. The laptop G4 requires a powered microphone to be plugged in (can't use the regular headphone/microphone combo) or you have to use the built-in microhone (which I do).

So, I don't know, but the problem is forcing me to go to the education lab this evening and "meet" from there. I'll use a Mac though, to see if there are any oroblems there.
So I'll be working from home by going to school.