diff --git a/ajax/networking/get_channel.php b/ajax/networking/get_channel.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5285a3c0
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+++ b/ajax/networking/get_channel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+require('../../includes/csrf.php');
+include_once('../../includes/config.php');
+
+exec('cat '. RASPI_HOSTAPD_CONFIG, $hostapdconfig);
+$arrConfig = array();
+
+foreach ($hostapdconfig as $hostapdconfigline) {
+    if (strlen($hostapdconfigline) === 0) {
+        continue;
+    }
+    $arrLine = explode("=", $hostapdconfigline) ;
+    $arrConfig[$arrLine[0]]=$arrLine[1];
+};
+$channel = intval($arrConfig['channel']);
+echo json_encode($channel);