Nearby Homehub possibly affecting my WiFi network

I'm currently trying to fault find a problem I've got with my previously reliable home network. My Homehub by the way is a HH5.
Now, I know this is probably a daft question but......Is it possible a nearby BT Homehub or WiFi extender with a strong signal could affect my WiFi connections?
Regards.
Mike
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Yes it can cause problems. If you have a Windows wireless PC or laptop you can use a command prompt to scan for surrounding networks and what channel they are using.
Press Windows+R and type cmd. In the command prompt box type netsh wlan show all
This will show you the wireless channels that your Homehub/router is transmitting on as well as the surrounding networks. You want to take a note of the channels in use and change your Homehub onto a channel that is not being used.
See Link how to do that.
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14094/~/how-do-i-change-the-wireless-channel-on-my-bt...
or if you prefer you could download and install inSSIDer which is a program that will scan for and show wireless networks.
See link for inSSIDer
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5936-inssider.html

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