Deleted wifi or turned off card. Unable to turn on or scan for wireless networks

[Wyatt]

Greetings. I was deleting old wifi connections and accidentally deleted something. Now unable to turn on airport/wifi. It just shows up gray with an "x". And when I right click says. Wifi not configured. When attempt to configure in network preferences nothing happens. Under diagnostics it says wi-fi off. Click here to turn on - it never turns on. Have tried adding system configurations to desktop as recommended in an older post and rebooting. But didn't work. Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Wyatt]

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[Wyatt]

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[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

In the first photo, it looks like Wi-Fi interface has been deleted. That would be why it is reporting that is not configured and cannot be turned on. You should be able to simply add the W-Fi interface/service and then configure it.

1. In the Network preference pane, click on the + button in the lower left corner
2. In the box that pops up, select Wi-Fi in the Interface section and type Wi-Fi as the service name
3. Click Create

You should then be able to configure it and turn it on. Let us know if that doesn't work.

C

 

[Wyatt]

Thanks cory. Worked !

Hello and welcome.

In the first photo, it looks like Wi-Fi interface has been deleted. That would be why it is reporting that is not configured and cannot be turned on. You should be able to simply add the W-Fi interface/service and then configure it.

1. In the Network preference pane, click on the + button in the lower left corner
2. In the box that pops up, select Wi-Fi in the Interface section and type Wi-Fi as the service name
3. Click Create

You should then be able to configure it and turn it on. Let us know if that doesn't work.
C

thanks. Worked !

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries...glad it's sorted.

C

 

[Tkirby2]

Hello

I have the same problem and have tried everything to fix it, however my issue is that when I try to 'create' the wifi interface nothing happens

Please help