Weird wifi

We have wifi at home using a Netgear router and PC's. My wife just
got a Macbook. A lot of times it won't connect to our WiFi until I
boot up our other laptop and then, bingo, the Macbook connects. This
is repeatable but doesn't always happen. Anyone have an explanation?
How can I fix it?

"Neill Massello" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1inxc78.1xipcru1v2pcv5N%(E-Mail Removed).. .
| Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
|
| > Which wireless card in the MacBook? MIMO or conventional?
|
| To answer Jeff's question, choose "About This Mac" from the Apple menu
| and click the "More Info ..." button in the resulting window. This
| should launch System Profiler with its Hardware pane open. If the Model
| Identifier item reads "MacBook1,1" your machine is the original (May
| 2006) model with an 802.11b/g wireless adapter. Later models with other
| identifiers have an 802.11n adapter.
|
| To find out whether 802.11n is enabled on such a model, see the
| following Apple support page: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2447>.

We've had multiples of both and neither is worth a sh|t when it comes to
performance. Works fine when you're up close and personal with the AP but
if you're not close enough to almost touch the antenna ... good luck.