Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

Anonymous
2013-10-20T17:01:27+00:00

Since installing 8.1 Pro, I'm having issues with WiFi dropping internet connectivity and always showing "Limited" when clicking on the system tray icon.  When I troubleshoot the problem using the system tool it is always the gateway that is faulty.  I have uninstalled/reinstalled the device drivers several times, installed the newest drivers directly from Intel, restarted the computer, etc.  I can restore connectivity by turning WiFi off then back on, but the connection will drop at what seems to be random intervals.  My applicable system specs are as follows;

Lenovo Y510P  Laptop

Windows 8.1 Pro

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230

Apple Time Capsule router w/newest firmware

Needless to say this is quite an irritating bug that didn't exist prior to the update to 8.1  I hope this can be resolved quickly. Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-19T12:25:16+00:00

    Has this been fixed? I have two laptops, one never disconnects (Windows 7) and the other does frequently (Windows 8).

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-13T11:24:39+00:00

    Hi All,

    i have also faced the same issue and i searched lots of articles but nothing found, then i used system restore options in windows 8.1 and found that microsoft windows updates updated the drivers of lan card. finally i found the solution that the drivers of broadcom 802.11n wireless lan card.

    for broadcom 802.11n wireless lan card driver you must use following version of drivers

    Wireless LAN_Broadcom_5.60.350.6

    you can download this drivers from following link,

    http://driverzone.com/%7B45268f28-70f3-4574-992d-f0d9bf8f8d06%7D?id=1581289

    use advance options to update the drivers to exiting drivers.

    its signed

    Signed on 2010.03.31

    Revert to this post if you need more help from my side. Thank you

    Regards,

    Sidharth M.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-01T04:54:38+00:00

    Sorry, your "my car doesn't work" is an example of ignorance and "so called IT expertise" in service to customer-user of the computer...

    Many cars, old and quite new, of different brand around the world sometimes don't work after the concrete supplyer of the petrol have changed the parameters of the fuel, even if according to the standards and latest status of the art know-how

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-01T04:21:23+00:00

    The same issue in my Dell XPS is reported by Intel, who provides the Centrino wireless product I have, to require a firmware upgrade. Intel has built new firmware for many of their wireless chips and reports my version is planned for upgrade as well. I suggest you check with Intel to see if your Centrino version has an update or is planned to have one. You can find the version in Device manager.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-08-31T03:44:35+00:00

    Did you try the articles I provided earlier? If you did and they didn't fix the limited connection go to the top of the Microsoft community web site and click participate and then ask a question. Include a copy of ipconfig as well as which ping commands failed. You can copy data from a command prompt by right clicking it and choosing select all and pressing enter to copy. Then you can paste it in the new post. You can also add > desktop/ipconfig.txt to create a txt file on your desktop that will contain the details. The command would be ipconfig > desktop/ipconfig.txt

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