Wireless internet not working at my house when I use my laptop

Can anyone connect at your home's wireless network at all?

Because I think it's got something to with either your router's configuration or your laptop's connection settings.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, it's possible that you've got your school's proxy server settings entered into your connection settings, for example.

But I am a bit confused by your problem. First you said:

> The router at my house has a strong signal (4 or 5 bars) and when I try to connect to it, it says that I am connected

Which means you are connected to the router.

Then you mention that:

> for the wireless network connection icon, it says “not connected, firewalled.

Which tells me that you are not connected to the router.

How's about we bypass the wireless router, and try to plug your laptop directly to the modem, via ethernet cable?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.