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I'm not seeing the WiFi icon on laptop. I've started facing this issue recently after some update that happened. I'm not able to connect to network as well.

hardythe1
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It sounds to me like the driver may be missing for the wireless card.

You could try checking "Software & Updates" in your menu - then look in the "Additional Drivers" tab.

If nothing is there, then I recommend researching to see where you can get the drivers, starting with:

  1. Manufacturer's website - they may provide a Linux driver - or even an Ubuntu-specific driver
  2. Figure out what network card you have (eg. from Manufacturer's website) and search for Linux/Ubuntu drivers for that card

Edit: It could also be an issue with Network Manager - you could try re-installing that.

Chris
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In my case the same thing happened after I run sudo apt upgrade and for some reason the process failed. I couldn't see the wifi icon or connect to the internet. Running sudo apt upgrade --fix-missing and rebooting the system fixed the problem.

Tomasz
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