What if you have the exclamation mark on the wireless network in Windows 10

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Considering how strongly we depend on the wireless network connectivity, it would be a pity not to learn what you are doing if you have the exclamation mark on the wireless network in Windows 10.

Most owners of phones, tablets and laptops depend on a wireless internet connection for the most part of their time. Unfortunately, there is a huge chance that you will be confronted with a situation where it does not work and you wake up with an exclamation point on the clock antenna in Windows, meant to illustrate a problem.

 

For tablets and phones, you do not have many solutions at your disposal, but a Windows laptop gives you some tools.

 

First of all, if you have this opportunity and you are not in a café or restaurant, it would be good to take the router out of the socket, wait for 10 seconds, and plug it back in again. The reason why the ten seconds are relevant I've detailed here. This solution might also work wonders for tablets, smartphones, or other devices with Wi-Fi connectivity.

 

 

The second solution involves forcing the network card to take a new local IP from the router. Although the technical side behind is quite complex, for this purpose you have to press the start at the bottom left, type CMD and right click on the first result - Command Prompt. Select Run as Administrator.

 

In the new window, type without "ipconfig - release" and press Enter. The second command you need to type is "ipconfig -renew". Check to see if Internet connectivity has been fixed.

 

If you reset the router and renewed the IP, but the exclamation point on the wireless antenna persists, reinstall the network card. Click Start. Type Device Manager and click on the first result. Go to the Network Adapters section, right-click on the wireless network card or all the devices you have in that section and opt for Uninstall.

 

Wait a few seconds. Right click on This PC at the top of this list and click on Scan for hardware changes.

 

The board or network cards should reinstall without any intervention on your part. With a bit of optimism, you should be able to get back into the internet again.