Alien WiFi Icon

Hello,
I am running a Dell Vostro P117F laptop with no upgrades
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎4/‎3/‎2023
OS build 22621.2134
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22659.1000.0

I travel a lot and connect my laptop to my iPhone 13 Pro (Lightning connector) to the Thunderbolt connector on the PC for internet. The cable is the Apple cable that came with the phone. In the past, I would enable my iPhone Personal Hotspot, select my phone from the wifi drop-down list, and enter the password and the PC would connect to the internet and the icon in the taskbar would display the "desktop icon" (ethernet), not the standard WiFi icon. I would never lose connection unless I unplugged the phone, and immediately after plugging the phone back into the cable it would instantly reconnect and display the "desktop icon". Now when I try to connect using the same process, the drop-down list of available networks shows my iPhone as an option, but the difference is I get a modified Wifi symbol, that has what I describe as an "alien" face embedded on top of the standard 3 wave wifi signal icon. See attached picture. Now when I chose my phone for the connection it connects to the internet temporarily and displays the wifi signal, then about 30 seconds later it drops the connection and I get the globe icon.

So my questions are:
- What changed to cause this
- Why can't I get a reliable connection anymore
- Does anyone know what this symbol is? I've done a Google Image search on it and it didn't return any relevant results.

Thanks everyone

Wireless Antenna is Off (or something like it)

Your OP mixes up comments about tethering your phone by cable & by WiFi.
- If you connect your computer by cable to your phone, you do not need WiFi. The computer will display the normal LAN icon in the SysTray/Notn area.
- If you connect your computer to your phone's WiFi hotspot , you do not need a cable connection. The computer will display the normal WiFi icon in the SysTray/Notn area. This will be a lot slower than the cable connection.
I assume that you are talking about your phone being the one that has the internet connection and that you are connecting them so that your computer can use it.

I assume that funny icon is on your computer in the SysTray / Notn area.


Denis