PJ Kania

Q: Wifi Greyed out with exclamation mark, but wifi still works !! after Mavericks upgrade.

After updateing to Mavericks i noticed my Wifi is greyed out with and exclamation saying ALERT: No internet. Funny thing is i can connect and have full conectivity.After running the WIFI diognostic tool, the result was my internet is fine and working properly the Wifi still remains Grey with an Exclamation Mark. Any Advice would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 2:49 AM

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Q: Wifi Greyed out with exclamation mark, but wifi still works !! after Mavericks upgrade.

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  • by Johnb1466,

    Johnb1466 Johnb1466 Jan 3, 2015 4:02 PM in response to George Johnson
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    Jan 3, 2015 4:02 PM in response to George Johnson

    Thanks for the response, George!

     

    So - I'll abandon the risk of sounding like a TOTAL new here and ask: Is there a way of testing if everything is working "correctly"?

     

    Is it, in fact, possible to revert to where I was simply by putting the preferences file back into the system configuration folder?

     

    Am I overthinking all of this?

     

    Thanks again!

  • by George Johnson,

    George Johnson George Johnson Jan 3, 2015 4:08 PM in response to Johnb1466
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    Jan 3, 2015 4:08 PM in response to Johnb1466

    You're very welcome. I don't know of a way to test everything. Just wait and see. If a problem should arise, putting the old pref files back to their original location and rebooting would indeed allow you to revert to the old settings.

  • by Elaine Morrison,

    Elaine Morrison Elaine Morrison Feb 4, 2015 7:19 AM in response to PJ Kania
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    Feb 4, 2015 7:19 AM in response to PJ Kania

    I just opened network preferences under the wifi icon menu and it said I had no global IP address (it wasn't receiving one via DHCP and was generating its own local IP). The simplest way to solve that is to turn the wifi off and on and it will automatically ask for and obtain another IP. You could also command line release the IP and then ask for another one, but an off-on does the same thing. When people rebooted the entire computer they were trying to release the APIPA IP and get an active one for external networks, but they may still wind up keeping the old one and therefore experience problems. A reboot should theoretically have solved the problem but they may have retained a connection to that old number as your computer likes to hold onto information.

  • by Ivos,

    Ivos Ivos Aug 7, 2015 1:31 PM in response to PJ Kania
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    Aug 7, 2015 1:31 PM in response to PJ Kania

    i have the same problem. What is meant by "backup" those 2 files? Bookmark them? I simply put them in the browser window like a webm address, is that right? And what is meant by "deleting" them again. Sorry, don't be it  

  • by Joeplum34,

    Joeplum34 Joeplum34 Aug 22, 2015 8:18 PM in response to Gluehhops
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    Aug 22, 2015 8:18 PM in response to Gluehhops

    hello I was wondering how to locate these files?

  • by elvisgustaf,

    elvisgustaf elvisgustaf Sep 14, 2015 10:50 AM in response to spillanepp
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    Sep 14, 2015 10:50 AM in response to spillanepp

    Great! Thanks

  • by saaani,

    saaani saaani Oct 23, 2015 6:55 AM in response to spillanepp
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    Oct 23, 2015 6:55 AM in response to spillanepp

    thanks alot for this detailed process, i have been trying to find the solution for this problem since long but atlast it solved

    thanks.

    cheers

  • by Anna0192,

    Anna0192 Anna0192 Oct 27, 2015 1:14 AM in response to Gluehhops
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    Oct 27, 2015 1:14 AM in response to Gluehhops

    Thank you wifiguru! It worked!!!

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