Late 2006 MacBook Pro - Enabled 802.11n - Only running at 54 when others can do 130?

[RoboCop001]

Hi everyone,

I've got a late 2006 MacBook Pro and installed the Wireless N enabler a while back.

I've got Snow Leopard now, and the card still reads as N capable in both Network Utility and System Profiler.

I've sometimes been able to connect at N speeds, but not always.

For example, right now I'm on my office's wireless network. Another guy has a MacBook Pro (a year newer than mine so it shipped with N enabled), but I can only get 54 speeds, while he can get 130.

Any ideas? Could it just be a router setting?

I option+clicked on the AirPort menu item and took a screenshot. My coworker is also on Channel 6, at 2.4GHz

 

[Mr Dobey]

Are you getting full reception? If so, your most likely never even going to hit speeds as high as 54Mbs anyway.

 

[Bear Hunter]

It has to be a router issue. I'm getting a transmit rate of 300

Edit: Then again your router is set to 2.4 GHz which would cut down the transmit rate, so 130 to 140 is probably about right in your buddies MBP

 

[RoboCop001]

We're about 10 feet away from each other, and the router is about 10 feet behind us haha.

Hmm....

Could a router serve one computer at one speed, and another computer at a slower speed all in the same vicinity?

And if it's a router thing, any ideas of what it might be? Or if it's a computer problem?