Can't see a network (Netgear router) I know exists

I've in the process of relocating and am in temporary accomodation without broadband, but have been lucky enough to get to know my neighbour who is running a wireless network next door on a Netgear router (not sure which model) and has offerred to let me connect via that.
However, now that I'm home and trying to do so I can't see the network. I'd guess that the router is only about 50 feet away through a couple of walls, so I wouldn't have thought that would be a problem. There is also supposed to be another wireless network running in the building, but I can not see that one either.
Before I moved I used a Netgear DG834G wireless router myself with my Airport Extreme-enabled Pwerbook, and I can't remember having trouble seeing the netwrok when setting that up (though it was a couple of years ago so memory may be fuzzy).
Does anyone know how I can scan for non-Airport Base Station networks?
Or do I just need to go back to my neighbour and get the IP Address to configure manually?

If your neighbor's wireless router isn't visible to your Mac, getting and IP address and configuring manually won't get you connected. Two things I suggest you do:
1. verify with your neighbor that his router is not configured with "SSID broadcast disabled", thus rendering his router invisible
2. see if your Powerbook gets a signal when located in your neighbor's apartment. Fifty feet and a couple of wall could indeed be beyond usable range.

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