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The Dell Wlan utility initially shows the strength of signal that is being received, this is not however an indication of connection. I suspect most other Wlan utilities are similar. Think of it like a radio, at any time your radio is being bathed in signals from 100plus stations, you have to tune it to hear one station clearly. A WLAN measures the signal strength and then offers options to tune to one of the base stations. But will not allow you to make a true connection until the security settings are correct.
For example at present, my WLAN utility and site search shows me with a strong signal and the ability to connect to 3 networks, but as these have encryption and I do not know the passwords, I cannot surf on any of them.
the other thing to check is under connections. Make sure this is set to connect to Internet and not work
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