My annoying internet connection. PLEASE help me!?

Question

I can "see" the access point, with 70%+ signal, but whenever i would click on it, it cannot associate with the access point. There is no password or security set on the router. First i connected straight to the main router. Then my computer had some bad problems so i had to reinstall windows and then it was fine. Problem is, i connected to my brother's router that connected to the main router, and the internet worked great. Now that my brother left for college im stuck with a router i cant connect to and nothing helps. Linksys never did this to me.

Answer 1

Sounds like your router may be set to the wrong wireless mode or have some other issue. Have you tried resetting it to the factory defaults and run the setup again?  That usually will clear strange issues.  

Since you didn't say what router you have I don't know how to tell you to reset it but most routers have a "Hidden" reset button that you hold for 10-20 seconds to reset them like they came from the factory.  If you want to share your model and brand of router, we probably can help more.