I can\'t connect to the router via my laptop. I just turned it off several weeks

[Frank Corley]

Damn, I thought the thread would come down here. Anyway I built a desktop to replace my laptop and set it aside for two weeks. So I go back to the laptop and it says the networks available but I can't connect to the router. It reminds of the first time I wired a network at work. All the wireless info seems to be right I went to my RT-nu Asus router and reset that. That seems to be OK. DCHP is OK password for the WPA seems OK. I did upgrade the firmware to the router but that worked ok. That won't have affected the laptop in anyway would it? I do have a preprogram of WIN 8 but its not telling I have to buy it yet. Whoa, how could it if I can't get on the net. Do you think that might be it? Everything on the laptop works well otherwise and it's not informing to but Win 8. I'm part Geek, good at hardware lousy at soft ware. I'm lost. I don't think I ever had wireless problem. Both desktops, ipad, ipod touch are working

 

[electronian]

If you just upgraded the laptop (in the past 2 weeks) to Windows 8, that could be a reason the laptop isn't on the network....maybe you just need to configure Windows 8 to the network settings?