Airport Express Max Speed 65Mbps =(

I recently purchased a wireless N draft airport express and no matter how close I am to the airport the speed of the network is 65Mbps. At first i thought it was my computer but i recently visited a friend and my speed went up to about 150Mbps. He has a Linksys Router. Any ideas?

Hi,
Had the same problem. But when I changed the transmission freq. from 20 to 40Mhz (or both depending on router) on the router you should be able to reach app. 130-150 Mbps.
Jan

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