Hi Mininanner22. Do you have another device that can connect to your wireless network in the same location? If you do and it connects w/o a problem, the issue is with the wireless reception on the problem machine. If another device detects your network and can't connect, you could have a problem with the wireless section of the router since you mention that your wi-fi was intermittent.You could try resetting the router if another device detects your network but can't connect, or seeing if there is a firmware update for your router and trying that. Weather another device can connect when the other can't will tell you where the problem could be.