No Network Symbol, No WI-FI connections appearing, Network shows not connected, Still can browse internet though.

[TotesMaGoats]

Hello Folks, So I am having a bit of an issue on my networking side of things. I have searched for hours for anything like this, but to no avail. So my network symbol is not showing up in the taskbar, and yes I have looked under the toolbar settings and the network icon is clicked as "on". So there is that, then my wifi is showing no connections when I select "show networks"under the settings tab. So i don't even have the option of finding a network even if i wanted to. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the network adapter/updated the driver numerous times, restarted the laptop numerous times and nothing. But the most frustrating thing is that I am able to browse the internet as if nothing was wrong and my network was working just fine. Any ideas what could be going wrong and how to remedy the situation? Thanks again!

 

[anbu13]

Umm, first you might identify through which network you are connected to the Internet ( WiFi or LAN) so then it will be easier to find how you are connected to the Internet.

Open the Command Prompt (Win + R--> cmd) & type

ipconfig /all

copy & paste here what you get on the CMD.

 

[TotesMaGoats]

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sammyscomp
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : DAWGNet.net

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 16-0A-64-36-E8-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : DAWGNet.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-0A-64-36-E8-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9d69:ccf6:58f0:b7fe%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.228.130(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 30, 2016 4:57:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 30, 2016 6:58:36 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.228.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 304351844
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-EB-9F-92-D8-50-E6-21-7A-F4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
192.168.4.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.4.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-0A-64-36-E8-8E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[anbu13]

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : DAWGNet.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-0A-64-36-E8-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9d69:ccf6:58f0:b7fe%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.228.130(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 30, 2016 4:57:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 30, 2016 6:58:36 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.228.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 304351844
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-EB-9F-92-D8-50-E6-21-7A-F4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
192.168.4.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.4.11
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.4.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

You can see here through the 'Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi' a network connection is established.

in CMD enter this

netsh wlan show interfaces

it will show you the currently connected network.

 

[TotesMaGoats]

Well now my entire connection has gone. I now have no wifi and the network icon isn't even showing up. Any ideas on what possiblly could have gotten disabled in services.msc?

 

[anbu13]

Well now my entire connection has gone. I now have no wifi and the network icon isn't even showing up. Any ideas on what possiblly could have gotten disabled in services.msc?

In services.msc look for the both services

Wired AutoConfig
WLAN AutoConfig

 

[TotesMaGoats]

I hade accidently disabled the wired and wlan autoconfig, basically I went into the services and just re-enabled everything until it worked. Thanks for the help.