Two MacBooks, Different N Transmit Speeds... why?

Ok, here is my issue. I have an Airport Extreme set to "802.11n Only" and both my wife's macbook and my macbook are the only machines on that network. She has the white MacBook 2.16 ghz version (MB062LL/A) while I have the 2.2 ghz Santa Rosa (MB062LL/B) that came out right after her model. For some reason her Transmit Speed is always at 300 while mine never tops out at 270. Location in the house does not change the fact her's gets the better transmit speeds.
Why is this happening?

are you both using 10.5.5? there are a number of factors that can cause this such as different chipsets, programs being used, settings on your macs, etc.

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Ok, here is my issue. I have an Airport Extreme set to "802.11n Only" and both my wife's macbook and my macbook are the only machines on that network. She has the white MacBook 2.16 ghz version (MB062LL/A) while I have the 2.2 ghz Santa Rosa (MB062LL/B) that came out right after her model. For some reason her Transmit Speed is always at 300 while mine never tops out at 270. Location in the house does not change the fact her's gets the better transmit speeds.
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Hey Scott
You and ALOT of people are attempting to do this, myself included.
Unfortunately at this point (to my knowledge) it's a pretty CRAP setup involved that will likely leave you frustrated.
HOWEVER:
A few things CAN be done:
IF you are getting live audio from your partner over the internet, you can re-direct that audio directly into Logic using a program called SoundFlower.
There are a few alternatives to SoundFlower, like JackTrip, and.....(the name eludes me)
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If you don't need to do a "live jam", there are always solutions like DropBox that work very well for exchanging large files quickly.
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I had Infinity 2 installed 4 days ago and notice that I am getting widely differing wireless download speeds on my two laptop computers....on the machine furthest away from the router I am getting 75mb speed but on the other machine which is very close to the hub I am only getting 45mb download speed.Please can I ask why this is happening and what I need to do to correct this issue. Thank you. John
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