Thanks so far, everyone.
It's a HP nx7010 centrino with built-in wireless adapter. The WAP is a D-Link DWL-2000AP+ (wow, I had to look twice on the box while typing that). I am broadcasting the SSID from the wap, but the laptop does not see any networks.
I had another similar HP seeing another wireless network with a Netgear wap just fine.
My fixed line network and DSL router work just fine for the four home/office PC's, I just wanted to get a wap for the new laptop so I can sit on the crapper and surf PP to annoy my wife
. I don't need a wireless dsl router.
I'll try some of the suggestions and report back. Any other fresh ideas?
LeRoux