Wi-Fi network icon, located on the right side of the panel Windows tasks, allows you to obtain information about your Wi-Fi network connection and its status.
Here are a few different Wi-Fi network icons that may appear.
Wi-Fi network connection icon
There is a Wi-Fi and Internet connection. Everything should work. If you see this icon but are having connection problems, it may be a problem with a specific app or website, or a firewall is blocking your internet connection.
There is a Wi-Fi connection, but no internet connection was detected(this status is also called limited connection). This icon means that the computer is under Windows control connected to local network, But no internet connection. You may be able to see other computers and devices on the network, but you cannot do activities that require Internet access (for example, browsing the web, using Email or music or video streaming mode).
To check if a computer is connected (connected to the Internet), Windows sends an HTTP request to a server on the Internet. If it does not receive a response from the server, this icon is displayed.
When limited connection Create and open a wireless network report, then follow these steps:
No Wi-Fi connection icon
The wireless network adapter is recognized, but the Wi-Fi network is not found and there is no connection to the Wi-Fi network. If this icon appears when you are within range of a Wi-Fi network, one of the following situations may occur:
- Physical Wi-Fi switch on laptop or tablet is turned off. Check that it is turned on.
- The network card does not support the network frequency. This situation occurs, for example, if the card only supports the 2.4 GHz frequency, and the network uses the 5 GHz frequency band. Information about the frequency supported by your router can be found in its documentation.
- The card supports the network frequency, but the wireless card driver filters it. This situation is rare, but it does happen.
Make sure your wireless adapter supports the same frequency as your wireless network by following these steps:
- In the search box on the taskbar, type device Manager and then select device Manager in the list of results.
- In Device Manager, select Network cards , and then select the name of the appropriate adapter.
- Select a tab Additionally and then look at the settings Wi-Fi modes and make sure it supports the network frequency.
The wireless network adapter has been detected and there are wireless networks within range, but the adapter has no connection with any of them.
- If you see this icon, try connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
- If you are unable to establish a connection, open the wireless network report and check the Wi-Fi session section for the issues listed.
No connection icon
Network adapter not found or not enabled.
Here are a few solutions to try if you see this icon:
- In the wireless network report in the network adapters section ( Network Adapters) find your wireless network card and then check if the problem number is there. If yes, it will correspond to an error code in Device Manager that tells you why the driver was not loaded.
- Check if you have installed latest driver, by starting the service Windows Update . To find the date and version of the driver, in the section device Manager, select item Network adapters , press and hold (or click right click mouse) item Properties and then select the tab Driver.
- If the wireless network card does not appear in Device Manager, it means that the Windows operating system is not detecting it. In such a situation, you may need to manually install drivers. Check the device manufacturer's website for a driver that works in your operating system Windows system 10.
In rare cases, setting up a Wi-Fi network on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may be inactive or grayed out. If you go to the Settings -> Wi-Fi menu, the toggle switch will be turned off without the ability to activate the wireless connection.
If this happens, the iOS device does not allow you to use Wi-Fi interface. In iOS 7.1, the message “Wi-Fi unavailable” may appear in Control Center. How to solve unpleasant problem? First of all, check that the Airplane Mode toggle switch is in the Off position by going to the main section of iPhone and iPad. After that:
1. Install the latest version of iOS
The first thing to do in such a situation is to check that the device has current version operating system. With each update, Apple eliminates system errors, makes the OS more stable. After upgrading to the latest OS, the problem may resolve itself. Go to the Settings menu -> General -> Update. Here you should see the message “The latest software has been installed.” If your device does not have access to the Internet, connect the gadget to your computer and check for updates in iTunes.
2. Do a hard reset
Help solve the problem with the inactive Wi-Fi indicator hard reboot device, which resets temporary data. To do Hard Reset, you need to simultaneously press and hold the top “Power” button and the “Home” button. You need to hold them together until the Apple logo appears on the display.
3. Reset network settings
In a situation where the Wi-Fi setting is grayed out, a reset may help. network settings. The operation is quite simple and can be done on the gadget itself. Follow the procedure from the Reset section in the iOS main menu. To do this, go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset network settings. This way you will “reset” all network settings, including information about connected Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi passwords, as well as VPN and APN settings.
4. Full iOS recovery
If resetting network settings did not help, you need to perform an operation to return your iPhone and iPad to original state– reset operating system. Perform Cleanup mobile device You can use iTunes or the OS itself. In the latter case, you need to go to the Settings -> General -> Reset menu. There are different options available here for “resetting” the system. You can find out more about this.
5. Repair
If none of the above methods help, it is probably a problem. hardware failure. Most likely the problem is with the Wi-Fi module itself. To determine your specific issue, you must contact Apple for support and technical maintenance or to the nearest service center, where specialists will diagnose and repair the device.
If on a laptop after rewriting Windows installations or just without any visible reasons Wi-Fi does not work, it says that there are no connections available and shows a red cross on the connection icon, several are described in the material below possible reasons this problem and what to do to fix it.
About other problems with Wi-Fi connection:
There are no Wi-Fi connections available the next time you turn on the laptop
If you previously connected to Wi-Fi wireless networks on the same laptop, but now, without any actions with drivers, without Windows reinstallation they suddenly write to you that there are no connections available, this usually means that for some reason reason wifi the adapter was turned off.
Here's what to look for to try to fix the problem:
In general, these are usually all possible options that help fix the problem, unless it is missing drivers, a recently reinstalled system, or some kind of hardware problem. If these options do not help, you can try the following solutions.
Just in case, also check if the Wi-Fi adapter was somehow accidentally disabled in Device Manager:
- Press the Win+R keys on your keyboard, type devmgmt.msc and press Enter.
- See if Wi-Fi is present in the “Network Adapters” section (It may contain the words “Wireless” or “Wi-Fi” in the name. Right-click on it and if there is an “Enable” item in the menu, click it (and if no, it is already turned on).
Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop after installing Windows 10, 8 or Windows 7
If the “no available connections” problem occurred to you after installing or reinstalling Windows (or you have simply never tried to connect to Wi-Fi from this laptop, which is almost the same thing), then the problem is almost guaranteed to be in the drivers, and, moreover, I am sure that if you have already looked for what to do if Wi-Fi does not work, then you have seen a mention of this reason, but few places mention that the problem may not only be in drivers not only for Wi-Fi, which will also be discussed.
So, the most important thing you should consider about Wi-Fi drivers is:
- Wi-Fi drivers for a laptop should be installed from the official website of the laptop manufacturer (the drivers are located there in the “support” section, as a rule) specifically for your model. If, for example, there are no drivers for Windows 10, you can install them for 8 or 7. If they are not installed, try installing in compatibility mode.
- If in Device Manager for Wi-Fi adapter It is reported that "The device is working normally" and the driver does not need to be updated - this does not mean anything (ie, in fact, the device may not be working normally, and the driver needs to be updated). We install the official driver anyway.
The most important. And now a subtle nuance regarding Wi-Fi work on a laptop after reinstalling the system: if before reinstalling the OS on the laptop (on many models) turn off wireless network key on the keyboard (or Fn + key), then after installation, even with original drivers wireless adapter, you will see a message stating that there are no connections available and a red cross on the connection icon - because the adapter is disabled from the point of view of Windows. And sometimes the same thing happens without first turning off Wi-Fi.
At the same time, it is the drivers and utilities for the operation of these keys that many people do not install, and they are not included in the driver packs.
Check if you have them installed easily - try using some function keys from the top row (except for sound and brightness - they can work like that). If they do not work, it is quite possible that this is the reason for the Wi-Fi not working.
The solution is to install all the necessary official utilities for your laptop model so that the function keys in the top row on the laptop keyboard work. And then turn on the adapter using the keys. Moreover, in some cases this is not the only utility, but a set of drivers and utilities from the manufacturer, because best option- install all official drivers from the support page of your laptop.
As a rule, such official utilities are named in the spirit of: Hotkey Utility (Asus and Acer), Keyboard Driver, Launch Manager (Acer), Hotkey Features Integration (Lenovo) and the like.
Which, in turn, may require additional official utilities, such as, for example, HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Support Environment and HP Software Framework for HP laptops (plus some of them may additionally require HP Wireless Button Driver for turn on Wi-Fi), and for Lenovo laptops, the drivers for these keys are a whole package, including System Interface Driver and other software.
So, we install the official drivers in order until the function keys work (in this case, the option is that the necessary drivers/utilities are only available for previous versions OSs that are initially installed on a laptop are very common, take note and try to install them), and after that we try to turn on Wi-Fi on the laptop.
A few days ago I changed my Sberbank bank card due to expiration. Having received the newly released MasterCard, I noticed that it was practically not much different from its predecessor. But here on the right top corner The Wi-Fi icon appears. I must admit, I was very interested in him. No, I know about contactless payments, but I didn’t think that they had already reached regular ones bank cards. But first things first.
Contactless payment system
Technological progress does not stand still and for the convenience of users, a contactless payment system is being actively implemented today. Most likely it will be extremely popular in the future! Now, carrying out payment transactions does not necessarily require inserting the card into the reader - it will be enough to simply bring it to the ATM card reader or to the terminal at the cash register and the payment will go through “like clockwork”!
This entire system is built on the use of NFC chips, which are now even built into plastic cards of Visa, MasterCard and MIR banks. The only exceptions are Maestro and Visa Electron. The Wi-Fi icon on Visa cards is usually located in the upper left corner, and on MasterCard cards it is in the right. By this WiFi sign you can recognize whether the option is supported or not.
Main advantages contactless payments are as follows:
- Convenience! This is the main plus. No need to insert the card into the reader and enter a PIN code! Just bring it to the terminal and the money starts flying!
- Safety! Your card is always in your hands. No one will see her details either! Data transmission is carried out over a very short distance and it is almost impossible to intercept the process.
- Speed! Due to the fact that some of the actions when making a payment disappear, the speed of payment transactions is reduced by at least a third!
How to use a Sberbank card with a WiFi sign?!
In order to make a contactless payment, you must first make sure whether the terminal supports contactless payments or not. To do this, they must have one of these logos (or several at once):
We wait a couple of seconds while the data is being exchanged. As soon as a message appears that the operation was successful, you can put the card with the Wi-Fi icon back in your wallet or purse.
Question from a user
Good afternoon.
Tell me what can be done - yellow appears on my laptop often exclamation point that Wi-Fi without internet access.
After a while it disappears, but constantly waiting for the network gets boring. I'm thinking of buying a cable to connect the laptop to the router directly (but then there will be no mobility) ...
Alexandra.
Good afternoon everyone.
The described problem with accessing the Internet via Wi-Fi is not that uncommon (I think that most Wi-Fi users have encountered it more than once, and will continue to encounter it...). It occurs for many reasons, and I will analyze the most basic of them in this article (so to speak, I will give recommendations for restoring the network). So...
How to restore Internet access via Wi-Fi
The appearance of the error is shown in the screenshot below - the Wi-Fi icon in the tray lights up yellow Exclamation point, if you move the mouse pointer over it, you will see a characteristic message. Also, users often find out that something is wrong with the network when they try to open some web page - and instead see a message in the browser stating that the resource is unavailable (and this happens with all sites).
An example of an error: when you hover over the Wi-Fi icon, Windows reports that the connection is without Internet access...
Now about the decision...
Try rebooting your router and laptop
Oh... For many problems with your computer, it is recommended to restart it. And this time is no exception either (this error often occurs after the computer wakes up from sleep mode (hibernation). The fact is that after waking up from hibernation, Windows “thinks” that it is working with the old IP address, but the router has already given it a new one - and in As a result of this lack of agreement, connection problems are observed) ...
To reboot the router, you can use a special button on the device’s case, or simply disconnect its power supply from the network for a while.
I note that with many connection problems, this is forced reboot Helps quickly restore network functionality...
Important!
By the way, I highly recommend checking whether there is Internet on other devices using this Wi-Fi network- on a tablet, phone, etc. This will help you understand whether the problem is in the laptop (with Windows), or a problem with the router or provider.
Diagnose problems
Windows (at least 10) has very smart network diagnostics, which many people underestimate. Meanwhile, by running it, you can correct the lion's share of errors, and at least roughly know “where to dig”...
And so, click on the icon Wi-Fi connections right-click and select (see screenshot below).
Next, the wizard will start: it will automatically check all the parameters, correct errors, restart the adapter (if necessary), and at the end of its work it will give you a message: that everything is in order and I have fixed the network, or indicate some kind of problem.
For example, in my case, the diagnostic result is “The DNS server is not responding.” This error occurs most often when there are problems with your Internet provider, or there is a communication channel break. For example, if you cut the network cable at the entrance (or simply remove the Internet cable from your router), you will see the same error...
Remark!
The article will tell you what to do if DNS servers do not respond (Internet failure and sites do not open) -
Check what's wrong with yours network cable Everything is fine
This advice follows from the previous point. First, take a look at the router itself: if everything is in order with it, one way or another, the LEDs on it should be lit and blinking (try disconnecting the Internet cable from the router, and then connecting it again - the number of lit/blinking LEDs should change, provided that everything is in order with the network cable) .
In addition, check the Internet cable from your PC to the entrance area. It is not at all uncommon for the cable to be chewed by pets or local “ghouls” to cut the cable in the entrance.
Is there a problem with your Internet provider?
Many users are in no hurry to call the provider, meanwhile, at the other end they can very quickly tell you whether everything is in order (which means you can quickly figure out whether it’s worth continuing to look for problems at home).
By the way, problems on the provider’s side are not that uncommon. You can find out about major interruptions on the provider's forums (or official websites. By the way, in these cases it is difficult to reach him by phone - they usually hang up).
Also, the provider may change the settings, forgetting to notify you (or you ignored the notification).
Try registering DNS Google or Yandex. Check your settings network connection.
Often, when the Internet is not available due to a failure of the DNS servers (in this case, most often, applications such as Skype, torrents, etc. work, but the pages do not open in the browser).
In this case, try to write DNS servers from Google or Yandex. Their stability will be higher than the DNS of many providers in our country, which means access to the Internet will be more stable...
To register DNS, you need to open properties wireless connection. I'll look at it in order...
First you need to open a list of all network connections on your PC. To do this you need:
- press Win+R;
- enter ncpa.cpl ;
- press Enter.
How to view network connections in Windows 7/8/10
By the way, you may have more than one connection (as in my case), but several (you need to select the wireless option, if the English name is "Wireless...") .
After that, open properties "IP version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" . See screenshot below.
Next, you need to move one slider to the “Obtain an IP address automatically” mode (check this network connection setting!); the other one, related to DNS, is set to the “Use the following addresses of DNS servers” mode - and register DNS from Google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (or from Yandex 77.88.8.8). See the screenshot below.
Save the settings and check the network functionality.
Check your router settings
Wi-Fi without an Internet connection often occurs due to a faulty router settings. Or, alternatively, your Internet service provider may have changed the settings required to access the network. For example, not long ago I was faced with the fact that my provider changed the login for accessing the Internet via the PPPoE protocol (the sad thing is that no one notified about this... Therefore, in the previous steps, I recommended asking the provider if everything is okay...) .
In general, setting up a router is a separate and large topic. Therefore, in this step I will provide a couple of links to my articles on this topic. I recommend checking it out.
How to connect and configure a new one Wi-Fi router do it yourself - instructions with pictures -
How to enter the router settings, and what to do if the settings do not open -
Test your network without antivirus or firewall
Well, the last thing I recommend is to temporarily disable your antivirus and firewall. This, of course, happens infrequently, but still, it happens that for security reasons and care for the user, they block the network (especially, the Norton IS antivirus used to sin with this when setting maximum level protection. Apparently, they restricted the user from everything where it was hypothetically possible to pick up an infected file).
Most modern antiviruses can be disabled via their tray icon. For example, with Avast antivirus- this is done simply: just select the item "Manage Avast Screens" - and then specify the time for which the antivirus will be disabled. Everything is simple and fast...
For shutdown built into Windows firewall, go to get started control Panel . Next you need to open the section " System and safety" , then “Windows Defender Firewall” (see screenshot below).
Then click on the menu on the left "Turn the firewall on or off...".
Set all sliders to mode and save the settings.
After checking and setting Wi-Fi connections, both antivirus and firewall are recommended to be turned on (and adjust them accordingly if they were causing Wi-Fi instability. For example, you can reduce the security level they provide from maximum to medium) .
Additions on the topic are welcome (constructive criticism too).