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I bought an Acer Iconia W700 and upon using Wi-Fi i noticed that my connection kept getting interrupted. It says i have "Limited" connectivity. I thought it was a temporary server or router problem, but upon further observation ( with my Ipad on the same network) i found out it was only the Iconia who is exhibiting the problem. I complained and had the unit replaced after a day but sadly, the new replacement is having the same problem.
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i only get disconnects and limited internet errors when im using certain windows 8 apps on my w700. now i use firefox and only use the music and video apps, which dont seem to me a problem. i havent had a disconnect since. its clearly a problem with win8 not the hardware.
Well, I don't have any more limited wifi issue ever since.
i finally got it working. i tried the other methods as well but still had the problem. i went to acer and downloaded the wifi drivers, uninstalled the device in device manger, restart pc, went back to device mmanager and looked for the unknown device. i then right click unknown device and installed the driver from acer.
it has been 3 days with no disconnect or limited status. also, the wifi now autoconnects if u tick the box to autoconnect. previously i still had to connect manually.
it seems to be much more stable now.
Found an alternative solution as well.
Open network and sharing > change adapter settings > wifi adaptor properties > configure > power management > uncheck "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"
then go to your battery settings
Battery icon > more power options > power saving / balanced / high performance > change plan settings > change advanced power settings > wireless adaptor settings > power saving mode > on battery > change to low or medium power saving (although troubleshoot says medium power saving should fix the problem, I chose the low power saving, so far no hiccups with the "limited" connectivity.)
I tired your suggestion and didn't work for me.
Are you using it with the dock + power plugin or running it on the battery?
I solved it by doing some changes on my nettwork setup.
Ive set my ISP router in DMZ mode. (forward everything to my Dlink router). This has been working fine with xp, win7, android but it looks like it is making trouble for windows 8.
So i tried to enable WIFI on my isp router and its been working fine for a day now.
Hi there,
Could you provide more details?
I also have Windows 8 Pro PC (among other devices) which sharing the same WIFI network and does not have any issue. So, I doubt, Windows 8 is the issue here.
Limited connection issue with my Acer W700 is really annoying.
Thanks.
I solved it by doing some changes on my nettwork setup.
Ive set my ISP router in DMZ mode. (forward everything to my Dlink router). This has been working fine with xp, win7, android but it looks like it is making trouble for windows 8.
So i tried to enable WIFI on my isp router and its been working fine for a day now.
