Wifi Chanel Identification

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Starplay

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#65881 8-Aug-2010 13:22

Does anyone know of a good programme to use (or way of identifying) for knowing what chanel all of the wifi's surounding my house are?

Recently more wifi access points are available in my area and I was wanting to make sure that I operate on a diferent chanel than they do (i,e they use 1... id use 6).

Shoes2468

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#364974 8-Aug-2010 13:34

Hi there

I use inSSIDer its a free program and will give you a good indication of signal strength and the channels being used.

http://download.cnet.com/inSSIDer/3000-2085_4-10848357.html?tag=mncol

Linuxluver

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#364979 8-Aug-2010 13:50

Starplay: Does anyone know of a good programme to use (or way of identifying) for knowing what chanel all of the wifi's surounding my house are?

Recently more wifi access points are available in my area and I was wanting to make sure that I operate on a diferent chanel than they do (i,e they use 1... id use 6).

I use the free "Wifi Analyzer" app on my Nexus One (android) phone and on my $150 (android) tablet (via Trademe). It shows SSID, Security levels, signal strength, any IP infothat may be available....Used to be apps like that for iPhone, but Apple banned them. Got any mates with good phones or a really cheap tablet?

For a Windows PC, the wifi support was usually good enough. On Ubuntu Linux, the included Network Manager does a good job. Maybe you could boot a "live" linux CD. No need to install it.

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