Macbook Pro with Belkin N1 Router

Are there any known issues with connecting a MacBook Pro to a Belkin N1 Router? I have a Core2Duo MacBook Pro (purchased this week), and my wife has a regular Mac Book (purchased last November). She can connect to the N1 with download speeds exceeding 10000kbps (we have Comcast High Speed service), while my MacBook Pro -- placed right next to her barely exceeds 1000 kbps.
The N1 has the latest firmware, so my thinking is that is may have to do with the MacBook Pro.
Thanks!
JC

OK, I called Belkin and got a real dufus on the first call. He said OH you need to take the router back and exchange. I told him no I did that yesterday and I am having the same exact problem, everytime I enter security into the router it goes to poop. He insisted that I take it back, so I hung up on him and called again. This time I spent about 20 minutes on the phone with Craig and he asked about my equipment and what was happening. He then had me do an upgrade of the firmware to aversion 3.1012. I use wpa2psk for my security and everything seems to be working fine for now.
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