Software for checking wireless networks' channel?

Occasionally, another neighbor gets a wireless router. I can now see 6 in some parts of the house. Connection speeds between one AirPorted Mac and another non-AirPorted Mac started getting slow. Changing the channel on my AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express seems to have fixed it. What I'd like to know is that channel everybody is using around here, so we can all avoid collisions. Is there any software that can list all the wireless networks and their channels?

Hi Steven:
There are a couple of Widgets that will tell you the available networks, speed and connection channel. One is: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/networking_security/airtrafficcontrol.h tml
Give that a try and let us know how it works!

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