Thank you for the info. Can you recommend one of the firmware updates to try ? Looks like I'm several behind

Also I'll try changing my Security type to WPA as you suggest. I've already backed up my current config.
Does updating the firmware "wipe" the (clients) table ?
Best regards,
Ken
UPDATE >> Good news > I got the new laptop connected this afternoon. I believe that changing the security
feature from WEP to WPA / WPA-2 as you suggested did the trick. The issue did not go quietly though

The good results did not occur immediately. So I continued tinkering by rebooting the router, restarting the
main PC and the laptop, changing the WPA password from letters (words) only, to alpha numeric, etc.
And at some point the laptop gave up, and connected

Thanks again for the great tips,
Ken