Wireless connection problem

[syddee]

my laptop connects wireless at my friends house, but not at my home. My friends laptop does connect at my home? At my home it seems like it is trying just will not work, does show as connected though.

 

[StormNexus]

Are the network names (SSID) the same? If so, you might have a problem with different passwords, but the same same SSID. If it says it is actually connected though, it could be a problem with DHCP. Make sure your computer has an IP address on your home network. If you're using a static IP for some reason, that might cause problems if the subnets/ip scopes are different.

 

[StormNexus]

All you need to do it to change your WiFi broadcasting channel. Open up your router`s setup by entering the default gateway IP, enter username password if prompted ->go to WiFi or Wireless Lan setting and make sure that broadcasting is b/g/n mixed mode, then check what broadcasting channel is selected starting from 1 to 11/13, in case of extreme start or end make in middle like 6 or 7 and in case of any middle number like 6 to 8 make it either 10 or 3. By changing the broadcasting channel shall hopefully stop any interference with other frequencies. Good Luck

His friend's laptop connects at this location. If his friend's connects, but his doesn't it's not an interference problem, is it? If it shows as connected, but not able to do anything, then it's IP, DHCP, or DNS settings would be my guess.