Can't access wireless channels 12 and 13 from within the UK

Question

Hi,
I have a Macbook Pro 15" (latest model core i7) that I bought online. It's a US model.
When I am at work I am able to connect to the wireless network on channel 13. The wireless access point we have here is a Netgear and it has a "region" setting which is set to Europe.
When I'm at home I can't access my own wireless router (a belkin device) on channels 12 or 13. When configured to 12 or 13 the network doesn't show up in the list.
When I am connected to channel 13 at work, system profiler shows my Airport as being set to FCC locale and country code DE (germany). At home it always shows the country code as US.
Is there a way to fix this? It seems as if the router at work is somehow broadcasting the region to the macbook over the wireless network (perhaps along with the SSID?) which its then somehow validating in order to enable channels 12/13.
If anyone can tell me how to fix this or how to flash the airport to stay on the UK country code I'd be very grateful.
Thanks.

Answer 1

dmesg | grep -i cfg80211
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE
cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: DE
However, iwlist f still shows:
wlan0 19 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Current Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)