is this an internet issue?

[thebest21445]

i recently wiped and installed a new SSD. after that, i went into my bios to check everything and make sure boot configuration was how i wanted it to be. after i was done, i saved and exited the bios. when windows booted up, on the bottom right internet sign said identifying network. it said that for a good 5-7 seconds and then it identified to the internet. i'm not sure why it did that. is it because of my bios? i didnt change any internet things or pcie settings in the bios. is it my windows? or could it be my wireless card? i currently have the #1 best seller wireless card on amazon which is the TP-Link N900: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Wireless-Express-Adapter-TL-WDN4800/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1464197395&sr=1-1&keywords=wireless+card also my router and modem are fine and have no problem, Optimum had set it up for me and it is my computer not my router or modem.

Specs:
Gigabyte H97M-D3H
intel core i7 4790k 4.7GHZ 1.2v
Geforce GTX 780 3GB
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Hyper X
750w seasonic psu 80+ Gold
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
1TB WDC Blue 7200RPM 64MB
TP-Link N900 Wireless Card

 

[DeadlyDays]

you are seeing it doing DHCP.

If you don't manually set a device to a static IP configuration, it will default to DHCP. That means when it comes online, for a wireless card, it will be told by windows to search for all available wireless networks. Then it will check to see if it has the saved configurations for any of those wireless networks, if it finds those it will connect to whichever one has the best connection/highest priority in its list of wireless connections. If there are no saved configuration, it may just connect to any nonsecured wireless networks available.
The next thing it does is the same for wired connections. After a link is established with the network, wired or wireless, it asks on the network via MAC address for a IP address from any available DHCP servers. Your router is typically what is going to have the DHCP service running, and it will receive that request and assign that MAC address an IP address(some other settings). After that, you now have a network connection to the router, and hopefully via the router a connection to the internet.

So when you boot up, it is doing all of that and that is what you are seeing. If it is taking a LONG time or fails, it could be an issue with DHCP service. Its common enough for consumer routers after a while to have the DHCP service crash, you can fix that by powercycling the router. If it really bothers you you can set a static IP configuration and it won't have to go through the process of requesting and receiving connection information.