> So, How did you solve yours? (I don't think it's interference but i'm
> not sure)
>

Sorry, I can't give you a simple answer. To be honest, it's happened
to me a couple of times on different laptops and adapters and
depends. Sometimes it says its hooked up like with you, other times,
it just won't get an address. I kinda lump the two together and
forget which solution worked for which.

Sometimes it's the laptop and just reinstalling the utility has fixed
it. I rememeber that once or twice, plugging in another adapter, like
a USB, using it, then going back to the built-in somehow broke the
logjam.

The other day it happened again, right after I answered you. I
changed a simple unrelated setting on the router and then it
rebooted, as usual. When it came back on, my laptop said I was
connected, but no ping, no internet.

I went through a few of the above-mentioned moves, but I knew the
router had gotten bent outta shape on the re-boot, so I got off my
butt and hiked over to it (another hill) and unplugged and replugged
it. A re-boot. That fixed it. Our router (Buffalo) is generally
reliable though, and it has only done that twice in nearly a year of
constant fiddling.

So, it may just be your router.

Unless it's easier to just spend money, first try the USB with your
laptop and your router and then try a hotspot as suggested. Once you
have done that, you will see where the problem lies. If the USB works
fine with your router, then it's your built-in. If your laptop works
fine at a hotspot (or a friend's house) then it's something with the
router.

Hope that helps.

Steve