Wired network icon, but wireless network

Question

I'm connected to a wireless network, yet in the taskbar the icon is showing that I'm connected to a wired network. Why is that? There is no network cable connected to the laptop, and it says "Limited" below the name of my network.

Lenovo IdeaPad U410 Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (Recently installed Oracle VM VirtualBox and a couple of VMs)

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '17 at 09:29

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Right click on network icon
Open Network and Sharing Center
Change adapter settings (on left side menu)
Right click on Wi-Fi
Click on Unbridge Connections

edited Jan 05 '17 at 09:29

MJH

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answered Jan 05 '17 at 06:09

Sharique Hasan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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That is probably because the Wired Network Interface Card has precedence over the WiFi-adapter. Try changing the priority-order of your interface cards. See the question How to give preference over one network connection over another? how to do that.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

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answered Jan 11 '15 at 10:22

Gnutt

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Wired network icon, but wireless network

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