MBA wireless shows not connected

Hi,
my MacBook Air (early 2014) connects to the Internet and then for several minutes scrolls looking for a wifi to connect to. It then tells me that there is no Internet connection ans puts an exclamation mark over the grayed bars of the wifi symbol in the menu bar, but the thing is actually connected.
I took it back to the genius who told me that it was a "known problem" with MBAs (Apple is starting to sound like Microsoft) and I was foolish enough to believe him and wait for the system upgrade. Several upgrades later it still behaves like this.
I know that I can still connect, but I am used to Apple products (this is my 19th Mac) behaving flawlessly.
Has anybody else had this problem? Or know what I do to fix it? (It is impossble to get a genius appointment at the London Apple store, or I would go there.)
Any help appreciated
James
MBA early 2014, Yosemite

Hi,
thanks for taking the time to reply. I had tried switch off - switch on before, but unfortunately it has no effect.
I did read somewhere about trashing some plist files, but as I rarely look under the hood, I am nervous about doing so.
Cheers,
James

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