I just purchased the D-link DIR 655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router from the px. I set the router up on my laptop and thought I did everything right. Established passwords to make it secure and did everything I knew to do. The problem is I can connect to the router through my desktop no problem.. internet connection is really fast, but when i connect my laptop to the same network it will connect but says unidentified and local only. With both connected I can go to the network and sharing center and click on multiple networks and see my laptop's name listed. I can hard wire my laptop and the internet works fine but cannot get it to have internet access wirelessly.

The D-Link DIR 655 router is an excellent router. I don't believe your problem is with the router though. For best results with different wireless settings among different devices let's set up your router to work with different types of wireless devices and see if this helps. On the setup page click on Wireless settings on the left side, and then on the bottom of the screen click on Manual Wireless Network Setup. Once you have done this you should see a page similiar to the image below. Under Wireless Network name which is the SSID, give a name that will be easy for you to identify your wireless router. Under 802.11 Mode, select Mixed unless you know for sure that you do not have any wireless 802.11b devices in your house. Mixed mode is the best to make sure all your wireless devices can connect. That will complete the Wirelss Network Settings area of that page as everything else should be defualts. On the same page though under Wirelss Security Mode, click on the drop down and select WPA-Personal. Once you do this, some more options will be available. WPA Mode should be Auto (WPA or WPA2) and Cipher Type should be TKIP or AES. Under Pre-Shared key, type in a key that you can remember. This will be the password or key that each of your wireless devices will need in order to connect properly. It is possible that your wireless devices can connect to the router without the correct password, but without the correct key, your devices will not get IP addresses nor will they be allowed to pass traffic over the wireless connection. If you have done all these steps and you are still having problems let me know.

I did everything you said and verified that the password i set under the WAP is the same i entered on both computers. I disconnected and reconnected the laptop and its saying IP address conflict and that another computer on this network has the same IP address.

So after troubleshooting this over the phone, we found that the IP address on the laptops wireles adapter was set to a static IP, and this IP address was conflicting with another IP on the network preventing the laptop from getting online. Once we changed the settings on the Wireless NIC card to obtain IP address automatically, the laptop was able to connect without an issue.

Enjoy your new router. It's an excellent piece of equipment.