What Gives, wifi is completely gone

[indigokid1]

I hate wires with a passion. Since I started with OSX on my laptop I have had native wifi, then suddenly it just stops. Granted I have dropped my laptop a couple of times and I need to replace the battery; I just can't see those being legitimate reason for this. When native wifi stopped working I switched to a wifi dongle that using a third party app to connect. This dongle, now, does not work either. What could the problem be? I have tried the wifi on/off switch on my laptop, turning it on in the menu bar, trying network preferences... nothing. Any insights community?

 

[RehabMan]

I hate wires with a passion. Since I started with OSX on my laptop I have had native wifi, then suddenly it just stops. Granted I have dropped my laptop a couple of times and I need to replace the battery; I just can't see those being legitimate reason for this. When native wifi stopped working I switched to a wifi dongle that using a third party app to connect. This dongle, now, does not work either. What could the problem be? I have tried the wifi on/off switch on my laptop, turning it on in the menu bar, trying network preferences... nothing. Any insights community?

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