Wierd Wifi config issues

While trawling the "System Information" for my Macbook Pro (OSX 10.8) I noticed two peculiar things, and wonder if they have anything to do with my intermittently poor wifi reception.
The first is that even though I'm on my own network at the moment, under "Current Network Information" it shows my neighbor's network, which I sometimes use (with permission). And it stays that way even if I switch to his network and then back to mine, and then reset the system info page.
The second wierd thing is that under "Other Local Wi-Fi Networks" it lists my own network twice, and with 2 slightly different configurations. What's even stranger is that the network shows up only once in the wifi network list in my menu bar, and my network preferences.
So I'm wondering--should I delete one of those duplicate home networks? If so, how, since it doesn't show up in my network preferences? And how would I know which one to delete? One shows a much better signal-noise ratio that the other (which is what I was looking for in the first place), so I'd want to delete the poorer one.
2nd question: how do I deal with my neighbor's network showing up as the "current" one in my system info. Does it even matter?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

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