Need to FORGET previous wifi connection to log onto same named wifi

I can not log onto a wifi connection, with the name of NETGEAR with my MacBook, but I can with my iPod. I assume my MacBook has logged onto a Netgar connection sometime in the past, locked with a password.
But now my friend has wifi also called Netgear, and it's not locked with a password. She can get right on, and it doesn't show a little lock after the name (under the airport menu). I cannot get on, and it DOES show a lock after the name Netgear. When I try to get on anyway, it says there has been "an error. Try again later".
However, my newer iPod can log right on to my friends Netgear wifi, get my email, etc., so i assume it doesn't have the same problem remembering an old netgear logon.
I've gone into system preferences, chosen Network, chosen Airport, clicked on Advanced, and I see a list of "prefered networks". I found a Netgear, selected it and hit the - button, and it went away. But it didn't solve my problem, even after I rebooted the whole computer.
I don't want to uncheck "remember any network", because some I do want to remember.
What can I do?
thanks for your help

I'd guess that you have more than one 'Netgear' network saved.
Netgear is a popular router, and it's likely you've encountered more than one Netgear router besides the one you're trying to connect to. There may even be more than one in your neighborhood.
In Network Preferences, Advanced, even though only three networks are displayed, scroll through the entire list to make sure that there is no other Netgear network remaining. When you add it back in, make sure it has 'none' displayed under Security, to be sure you have the right one.

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