Why is my phone saying that wifi says not in range when I am at home?

[Debbie COX1]

wi fi says not in range

I am on my laptop, it works fine. Wi Fi on phone says not in Range, how can the laptop be in range when mobile phone is not?

 

[SpookDroid]

Re: wi fi says not in range

Not all radios are created equal, and some antennas work better than others. That being said, you shouldn't see a drastic difference. By this I mean that if your phone doesn't see the network but your PC does, the signal in your PC wouldn't be too strong. If not, there might be a problem with either your phone's antenna or even a router issue. Can your phone connect to that network when closer to the router or not at all?