Can't Connect to Windows Network at the Office

Networking has never been my strong suite, so I have to come to them that knows!
My MacBook can't get access to the wireless network at work. I get full signal strength, but no connect. When I run the setup troubleshooter (forget the actual name at the moment--geez!), it displays "Searching" and I get the spinning ball and finally, "Not responding." The first 4 lights are green, butthe last 2 are yellow. I entered in the WEP pass, IP, all of that, but Nada. I know Macs can connect here, as my predecessor brought in her MacBook daily. If you need more info, just ask-- thanks for the help!

I agree with Julien, at this point in time most wireless environments should be at least using WPA if not WPA2. And if you really want secure, WPA2 Enterprise. But the fact that you cannot get on even via ethernet tells me that there may be a problem with DHCP. Is DHCP enabled? When you are in your net preferences are you getting anything? Or is Ethernet saying its connect but has no address? Or is it using an automatic IP, something starting with 169.x.x.x? Also be careful with copying your settings from your PC, if yo meant you were manually setting IP addresses and such, that will cause some problems.
As for your IT guy, well in this day and age, we (IT guys) will find it in our best interest to learn to play nice with multi-platform environments. Shoot I can do it and I've only been technically supporting macs for under a year I used to hate the **** things Now I own one and want a desktop for home. Though the wife isn't too fond of me dropping the coin for a Mac Pro hehe.

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