IBook blind to open network

My G4 iBook refuses to see my wifi network I have here in my house. My Mac Mini, windows laptop and Nintendo DS all see the access point at various points throughout the house.
My iBook on the other hand is blind to it even a meter from the router, I have tried to create a manual connection and done a mac stumbler search but nothing. My iBook can pickup my neighbors networks in certain areas though and has been fine migrating across networks in uni.
Any suggestions ?

Hi Kevin,
I assume your router broadcasts the SSID.
Open Network Preferences>Airport and enter the networks name there.
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