diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index f00e19ad..78c7d697 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  * @author     Jim Wigginton <terrafrost@php.net>
  * @copyright  MMIX Jim Wigginton
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
- * @version    $Id: SFTP.php,v 1.8 2009-09-17 03:19:20 terrafrost Exp $
+ * @version    $Id: SFTP.php,v 1.9 2009-10-16 03:37:24 terrafrost Exp $
  * @link       http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net
  */
 
@@ -123,17 +123,6 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2 {
      */
     var $window_size = 0x7FFFFFFF;
 
-    /**
-     * The Client Channel
-     *
-     * Net_SSH2::exec() uses 0
-     *
-     * @var Integer
-     * @see Net_SSH2::exec()
-     * @access private
-     */
-    var $client_channel = 1;
-
     /**
      * Packet Size
      *
@@ -335,7 +324,7 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2 {
             case NET_SSH2_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION:
                 $this->_string_shift($response, 4); // skip over client channel
                 list(, $server_channel) = unpack('N', $this->_string_shift($response, 4));
-                $this->server_channels[$client_channel] = $server_channel;
+                $this->server_channels[$this->client_channel] = $server_channel;
                 $this->_string_shift($response, 4); // skip over (server) window size
                 list(, $this->packet_size_client_to_server) = unpack('N', $this->_string_shift($response, 4));
                 break;
diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
index 5a063893..aa494f4c 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  * @author     Jim Wigginton <terrafrost@php.net>
  * @copyright  MMVII Jim Wigginton
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
- * @version    $Id: SSH2.php,v 1.22 2009-09-18 20:14:16 terrafrost Exp $
+ * @version    $Id: SSH2.php,v 1.23 2009-10-16 03:37:24 terrafrost Exp $
  * @link       http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net
  */
 
@@ -414,6 +414,19 @@ class Net_SSH2 {
      */
     var $get_seq_no = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * The Client Channel
+     *
+     * Net_SSH2::exec() uses 0, although since Net_SSH2::exec() doesn't send NET_SSH2_CHANNEL_DATA packets,
+     * Net_SSH2::_send_channel_packet() isn't actually called by any function in Net/SSH2.php.  Classes that
+     * extend Net_SSH2, however, might call that function, hence it's existence.
+     *
+     * @var Integer
+     * @see Net_SSH2::_send_channel_packet
+     * @access private
+     */
+    var $client_channel = 1;
+
     /**
      * Server Channels
      *