My iOS5 device cannot locate my Mac

My MacBook Pro was located on my iPod Touch just fine at work, but at home my Touch cannot find the laptop. I am using wifi at home with both devices on the same wifi networ. The Find iphone utility on my Touch reports "no location available" for the laptop, even though there is a green light beside the MacBook icon in the device list, and I am able to use the Touch to make my MacBook alarm go off. Why can't it find my location on the map?

Further research: I tried again at work, and again the Find My Mac utility on my iPod Touch finds my MacBook Pro's location just fine. But at home, the utility cannot find my laptop's physical location, though it can send an alert to it and the green light shows up beside the laptop icon.
I have tried modifying setting in my network control panel as advised in another, similar thread (moved my wifi router to the top of the list), but it didn't resolve the problem.
My iPod Touch can locate itself on the map from my home location, which suggests that its not a problem with my home router and cable modem.
Is anyone else having this issue?

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