My first airport card.......HELP!!!!!!!!

Alright, I may be behind the times, but I finally got an airport card for my ibook. But I need a little help getting it hooked up.
I went ahead and got it plugged in and the machine recognizes it just fine. But I can't get online with it. My neighbor has a wireless router that he lets every-one in the building use. I know it reaches here because other people in the building have sat where I am right now and were on the internet. What do I need to do in order for me to recognize his signal. I would appreciate your help very much.
rich

Assuming the router is broadcasting in range you should be able to see it if your Internet setings are correct. If you go to Apple/Locations/ Network preferences and for this exercise make sure that the Airport port is dragged to the top of the list and that you have TCP IP set to DHCP. If it is all as this and you have Airport switched on and visible in the tool bar you should see it as black lines, rather than grey if it is talking to a network. See if the network your friend is broadcasting is named in the menu and if it is select it. You may need to have the password to hand. If the network is a closed network you may have to go to "Other" and type in the exact name of the network and the password. If none of these work then I can suggest that rebooting the computer may actually throw up the network when booting finishes and you may be invited to join it. I hope this is useful and that it works. Drew.

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