Browser and Wifi services do not connect; ping connects correctly, my ip is set, etc.

[purpledragons]

Hi all, I need help.

I just downloaded the new Kali 2022.3. Wifi services were working until...last night, for no discernable reason.

I know it's not my home network, as I have another laptop correctly connected to wifi.
I ran through the Network Troubleshooting guide on this forum...no change in my status.
I can ping successfully w/ no dropped pings.
My Kali shows that I have connection to the wifi network (in the status bar).
I did all the apt-get/apt updates/upgrades including dist-, and there are consistently things not downloaded but it does work somewhat;

I'm at a loss. It's evident I have a problem. I'm not sure what else to do/where else to look.

I am not new to Linux.

[Fred Sheehan]

Have you been changing your wifi adapter settings at all?

MAC changers will stop you getting a normal connection but still allow ping..

sudo macchanger -p eth0

would change the Mac address of eth0 interface back to its default hardware address for example.

The other thing of course is if you have NetworkManager running

sudo systemctl start NetworkManager