wifi issues

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I had an issue this morning where Surface couldn't find any wifi networks (when 5 were in the area) and it was connected the previous night. I solved this issue by searching windows rt for Network. Open Network Connections, find the wifi device and then disable this connection. After a minute - I re-enabled the connection and then it started to work.

Just wanted to share my experience if anyone runs into the same issue. Thanks!

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Greetings all,

We are working on a solution for the Limited WiFi issue. Please refer to the following thread for potential workarounds while we are working on the WiFi issue:

http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/c593dff8-61b3-496c-b8f2-f9deb3e4b35e

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Greetings everyone,

Thank you for your continued interest, feedback and assistance in investigating the Limited WiFi issue on the Surface.

Not all limited connectivity scenarios have solutions that can be controlled by the Wi-Fi drivers of a given device. Limited connectivity scenarios result from a complex interaction of device Wi-Fi drivers, access point firmware, access point configuration, and other environmental factors.

If following the steps in the provided links below fail to resolve your Wi-Fi issue I encourage you to create a new thread.

Connect to a wireless network

Can’t connect to a wireless network?

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Anonymous

You will most likely have to do a REFRESH. Most of us has had to do that. For some reason or another the driver gets corrupted. You may also do a trick that most others have done as well as long as you don't have the 8.1 Preview of Windows 8 RT installed.

That trick is to open the Control Panel and go do Device Manager. Look for the Marvel WiFi adapter and "Uninstall" the driver but "DO NOT DELETE IT". When finished, reboot the tablet and it should connect.

Try that trick first and if it doesn't work, then do a REFRESH.

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Hello priscillaodendaal,

Sorry to hear you are having problems connecting to WiFi.

You should be able to connect to WiFi. Are you getting any errors when trying to connect? Are you able to see the networks and not connect to them?

Let us know.

Best regards.

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Barb Bowman 80,820 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2012-12-29T13:07:15+00:00

yeah, I saw the fix. I still think that MS could and SHOULD put up a KB for

manual download to return to the last version of the bits that worked flawlessly

here. There is no reason why they cannot do this.

They don't seem to be asking for the right information HERE to see what

afflicted users have in common.. brand and model of router(if at home) firmware

version, WPA settings, whether router has an auto select wide/narrow band and

what the setting is. DHCP vs. Static vs reserved IP. With that kind of detailed

information they should be able to narrow down the issue more. Nevertheless, it

would be so easy for them to put up the last version of the bits for those of us

that know what we are doing. They seem to be avoiding an answer to my request

for this.

Barb

MVP - Windows Entertainment and Connected Home

http://digitalmediaphile.com/

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