I don't know my friend rmadd, from what I can think of it looks like everything has been covered except a reinstall or maybe try some third party software to connect the network together. I bet its...

What I mean by WEP/WAP is the security setting, do you've it setup on the router? These are wireless security protocols that help secure wireless networks but seeing that you're not using the router...

First you might have to setup your notebook manually to join the network via add a network place,select browse and click the plus signs until you see the correct network and follow the prompts.Or try...