Lan Icon Disappeared

My Lan icon is gone and it was here yesterday. Can anyone help me please? I rather not pay Geek squad to fix it.

are you still able to connect to the internet though?what you may be able to do if your running Windows XP is go to the start menu click on My network places on the left hand coloum you should have a colum that is called Network Task click on view network connections you should see the lan connection that you are using. right click on the connection and go to properties it should open a pop up window go to where it says general tab on the bottom check on "Show icon notification area when connected" and there you go! you will have the icon on your tray. Best Regards

Right now i am "piggybacking" on my neighbors wireless connection. I did what you said and i do not show a lan icon or connection in my network places

Hi kof, larryri42 has you headed in the right direction, but you may not have ended up at the correct location. You want an Icon in your TaskTray, down by your Clock. Correct? Take the following steps: Press - Start - Control Panel - Network Connections Network Connection brings up a panel displaying your various active and disconnected Networks. Right-Click on the one you are presently connected with. (Probably described as Wireless Connection - Status - Connected When you right-click on your active connection, Select - Properties (from the drop-down menu) you get a Local Area Connection Status Panel on the first (tab) General Panel, down at the bottom - there is a line "Show Icon in notification area when connected" Checkmark/tick the box in front of that line and you will henceforth see a Notification Icon when connected. best Regards