BEFW11S4

I have a BEFW11S4 router and have been using it for a while, nothing wrong with it (if there is a problem, it's usually because of my internet provider). I just recently came home with my laptop from college, and am having difficulty connecting my laptop to the internet at my house. With my home computer I can access the internet just fine, but just can't seem to get on with my laptop.
The weird thing is that my laptop says it's connected, with a strong signal, but still won't connect. The Activity of the connection or whatever seems pretty low though, I think that it's usually supposed to be high numbers but at this moment it's at 191 Packets Sent and 14 Packets Received.
Is it possible to get help on here? I tried calling Linksys earlier but was put on hold for half an hour, then when I finally got to someone, she told me that my router had gone past the warranty date and could no longer get free service unless I paid an insane fee. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Well try upgrading the firmware of the router & keep on holding tightly
the reset button in such a way that power light is blinking on the
router & then do a complete network power cycle i.e., unplug the power
cables from the modem & from the router & then plug in the power cable to the modem first once all the lights are solid green you could plug in the power cable to the router & check out it will definately work!!

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