Long day - not thinking properly when I posted - sorry
He has had the connection set up for ages but it is unsecured
I looked at the security settings of my laptop and tried to mirror the settings but no matter what I selected (WPA Personal / WPA1 Personal / and a host of other options including 802.11) it always came up saying something like "the selected security settings do not match the network settings
His wireless connection is Labeled Belkin 54G - It is definately a Belkin and I presume it's a 54 G