Maybe your mother's router has MAC filtering enabled?
Or maybe it's set to a European channel (while you live in the USA), or the other way around?
If none of the two, the easy solution seems that your mother starts using another router. But, maybe, if you supply more information than "cannon connect" a clue might pop up.
Kees
Just purchased samsung notebook series 3 can connect wirelessly to all routers other than my mother's belkin what can i try to fix this please am stymied

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