MacBook won't connect, but a PC will

So, I'm setting up a Modem and router at my mom's, and her PC will connect wirelessly, (using a password), but my MacBook will not. Password has ( and ) and spaces and a - in it. Is that the problem? Belkin told me to "call Apple!"
Niko

The only way to see if the non-alpha characters are a problem is
to change the password to something that is only alpha-numeric and
try it. If that still doesn't work, put the password back to what
it was and then we need to troubleshoot from there.
Dave

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