dpaanlka macrumors 601 Original poster Nov 16, 2004 4,869 34 Illinois Mar 16, 2006 #1 I'm on a PowerBook running OS X Tiger and am connected to a wireless network. How do I find out which channel (1-11) it is using?
I'm on a PowerBook running OS X Tiger and am connected to a wireless network. How do I find out which channel (1-11) it is using?
Shamus macrumors 6502a Feb 26, 2006 651 0 Mar 16, 2006 #2 Could you just go through each one and see if theres a signal? Or maybe theres some program that will scan...
Could you just go through each one and see if theres a signal? Or maybe theres some program that will scan...
A amholl macrumors 6502 Dec 21, 2004 269 0 Boston Mar 16, 2006 #3 If you go into system prfiler, under the wireless thing, it should show. also you could go into airport admin utility in apps>utilities
If you go into system prfiler, under the wireless thing, it should show. also you could go into airport admin utility in apps>utilities
tag macrumors 6502a Apr 29, 2005 918 9 Mar 16, 2006 #4 You can also use iStumbler. It will monitor all wireless networks available (that broadcast an SSID anyways) and will show what channel they are on.
You can also use iStumbler. It will monitor all wireless networks available (that broadcast an SSID anyways) and will show what channel they are on.
technicolor macrumors 68000 Dec 21, 2005 1,651 1 ><><><>< Mar 17, 2006 #5 I went into the admin panel of my router to check and change channels, since my connection was having problems being on channel 1..I guess all the other 20 networks in this building are on channel 1. I have a linksys router.
I went into the admin panel of my router to check and change channels, since my connection was having problems being on channel 1..I guess all the other 20 networks in this building are on channel 1. I have a linksys router.