Why is there a question mark on the LAN icon in Gnome panel?

18.04 gnome

I have a very normal ethernet adapter. After upgrading to 17.10, and therefore now using Gnome instead of unity, the network has a question mark on a grey network icon. Why’s that?

Question mark on network symbol


Solution 1:

try this:

Question mark icon instead of wifi icon

Settings > Privacy > Connectivity Checking

Set it OFF. (Then, restart your WiFi connection, thanks to @Dante's comment below).

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