text: why won't my laptop connect to my wireless broadband router ? on my laptop it comes up connected but when i type in a web address i get the message can't find server/dns error. open up command prompt, and type "ping yahoo.com" if it comes back with a reply, you have a connection to the internet, so check your proxy settings in your browser. also check and make sure your router has a network connection itself to the modem. if not, try restarting both the modem and the router.  if you have more problems, feel free to contact me and i will help you further.