Extreme using BOTH channel 1
For many years I have been using my old reliable Snow Saucer base station, with my "Network" on channel 9.
I liked the fact that the Snow had one utility app for getting into the base station itself, and a different app for configuring the network itself.
Is there an app other the Airport Utility 5.6.1 for seeing details about the base station? For instance, I might want to manually program the MAC numbers of the computers that are allowed to use the base station.
I have just finished configuring a "New Network" using an Airport Extreme. My laptop is currently reaching the internet using it.
My WiFi sniffer says that it is broadcasting on both Channel 1 and 149.
1) Why? Are these the "default" channels for the two different 802.xxx standards?
2) How do I determine which channel my laptop is receiving? There must be an Airport Utility app for that or is it somewhere in the various System Preferences or Configuration panes?
2) How do I tell the Extreme which channels I desire to use (to avoid channels being used by my neighbors)?
Next step is to re-program the Snow Saucer to into Bridge Mode so that my old computers can use wireless on the "old" 802.xxx channel...
Safari-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)