I manually tried adding the adapter back using Network preferences, and i had 3 of them to choose, but adding any one of them did not help. The Macbook pro i use could see that the hardware was there (described in the steps below). I played with the network locations with no results. It would not come back when i reinserted it. My issue, i was having issue with my Thunderbolt so i deleted it from the network preferences pane.
Some info for anyone still having this issue and how i resolved my issue.
