How do I fix my wifi?

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Do you have a router? Many modems only allow one connection at a time and a router is needed in order to route traffic to more than one computer. If that’s not the problem, have you tried manually setting the IP and DNS on your laptop… similar to what you’ve done on your desktop? Just remember that the IP must be unique for both else you’ll get an IP conflict if both boxes are trying to connect at the same time. Often this means using local IP addresses and letting your router do all the complicated stuff but we’ll get into that depending on your response.

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