Skunk,
Im a little lost as to what you are asking here...
In one hand you are talking about your Belkin router having drop outs... so why is it important to know what frequency your neighbors are running at unless you are stealing their connections?
Mike A!
if the 2 are clashing this would be problem matic, i believe channel 1 is used for cordless phones, normally i believe the 2 main channels in use are 11 and 14, you could try a different channel until you hit one where you are not getting drop outs.
Have you checked for latest drivers for nic cards and such? are the netwrok cards the same make as the router? As mixing different bits of kit is not well advised
Most use 6 or 11. Check out netstumbler (free).
http://www.netstumbler.com/
I don't believe the theory that mixing different brands of NIC's and routers is ill advised just for the fact that most NIC's share the same chipset of either Atheros, Ralink or Broadcom amongst some others, they are just stamped Belkin, Linksys, Netgear etc... Thanks for the info on the cordless phones channell.
If wireless routers near by are operating on the same frequency you can get interference and drop outs.
Yeah, I figured that out AFTER he responded... but it didnt state that in his intial post...I believe he already knows his router channel - its everyone else's he's worried about