What do I do to get my MBP to enable 802.11n?

I have been wondering why my internet connection wasn't as good as my girlfriend's who recently got a new MacBook, so I purchased the 802.11n enabler because in network utility it only had 802.11 a/b/g so I looked at the requirements and it was noted that the "n" came with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, but mine is just a simple 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo. I have upgraded to Leopard and the reason why I mention this is because I have also read that when upgraded to 10.5, Leopard automatically updates to enable 802.11n. Well I sit and wonder if something went wrong while updating? probably not, but I can't even install the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002! @!#$? I have a mac, it runs 10.5.2 and the requirements for that update are 10.4.8 and higher, and an Intel-based Macintosh. I meet the requirements. Should I have had updated the Airport Extreme before updating to 10.5? Why is this a problem? it should be easy... right?

That's exactly what you need to do - and what I did a year ago. Check iFixit.com for instructions. Check this out
http://xlr8yourmac.com/systems/macbookprowireless_N_upgrade/macbookpro_N_cardinstall.html#storytop

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The router has double 20Meg ability but the MBP doesn't seem to do it. Should it?

Hi and thanks for your comments.
Indeed my prblem may be the dual band router and my adjacent hot spots.
I have more than adequate cable odem speed. In fact, although I pay for 10Mbps my ISP provides speeds as hight as it can until the pipe gets "clogged" then slows down to a lower speed.
The reason I obtained the SMCD3GN router was so I could send large video files between my PC and my MAC for multiprocessor processing and archive.
I have attempted to use a channel that is not the same as local heavy users or adjacent to one.
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PHY 802.11n
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I understand I can get a new AirPort Extreme 802.11n base > station to replace the 802.11g one, and that would let me > use the higher 802.11n speed from the MacBook to the Apple > TV.
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+802.11n, any good+
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