Wifi Isnt Working For Mac


Ok so i have a regular computer. And a laptop. And have a d-link router wbr-1310 and i've had sme problems i've never had with this router recently. It's well connected to the internet, the regular computer works. Working great, connected to the internet. So now. I have the laptp. Which usually is connected by the wifi connection. And from what i see the wifi is connected well. The lights are one.connection is connected. But it doesn't connect to my laptop. I look at my laptop (mac) settings. And it says the airport connection is connected but the ethernet isn't? And this has happened to mea couple times in the last week or 2. So what i usually did was reset the router. And the wifi was up running! And i was happy. But then after a while. It automatically. Gets disconnected. And it's also happening on the wifi for my itouch. So what do ido? And remember this is just for the wifi. The internet is working on my regular computer but the wifi doesn't get through to my laptop? And remember its a mac. What do i do?

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