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!

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

744 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T19:48:25+00:00

    I too am having the same problem.  Just upgraded a couple of weeks ago.  I have yet to get any valuable advice from any MS engineer yet since installing 8.0 over a year ago.  Find any advice given worthless.  Can't get Outlook or Outlook.com to accept any settings for my att.net email account. There are at least hundreds out there having that same problem.  MS just keeps giving advice that doesn't work and has yet to come up with a fix.  So far finding Community worthless.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T19:19:25+00:00

    so the names you have to fill in

    Steve.ballmer, Dina.dublon, billg, Maria.klawe, Helmut.panke, Charles.noski, David.marquardt, Stephen.luczo, John.Thompson, Steven.Sinofsky, Sataya.nadella, Yusuf.Mehdi, Kevin.turner, Chris.capossela, Allison.Watson, Annanya.podder

    cheers guys,

    Axel

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T18:28:59+00:00

    Can't believe there is no decent answer here. I sugest we write to the microsoft board members.

    You can find them on the microsoft web pages and elaborate them using 'people also viewed' in LinkedIn.

    a couple of names already (bill gates is the only one who's address I could verify using ... google :-) )

    Steve.ballmer@microsoft.com@microsoft.com, Dina.dublon@microsoft.com, billg@microsoft.com, Maria.klawe@microsoft.com, Helmut.panke@microsoft.com, Charles.noski@microsoft.com, David.marquardt@microsoft.com, Stephen.luczo@microsoft.com, John.Thompson@microsoft.com, Steven.Sinofsky@microsoft.com, Sataya.nadella@microsoft.com, Yusuf.Mehdi@microsoft.com, Kevin.turner@microsoft.com, Chris.capossela@microsoft.com, Allison.Watson@microsoft.com, Annanya.podder@microsoft.com

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T14:09:27+00:00

    Two different solutions seems to work on a Thinkpad T61p with this wifi-card:

    1. Uninstall the wifi driver and rescan for hardware changes (worked for me)
    2. Others have had success by disabling the power management on the wifi adapter.

    See details here.

    https://communities.intel.com/thread/32614

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2014-01-04T15:29:44+00:00

    Had problem on asus T100TA after windows update installed a new Broadcom Wifi driver.

    Wifi would have limited connectivity after wake up on battery.

    Rollback to Asus installed driver improved situation, but it will probably require changing the Wireless DC power setting to Maximum Performance to fix completely.

    This tab is missing from the adapter properties, but can be changed from powercfg command line.

    This is described somewhere in Windows 7 support.

    C:\Windows\system32>powercfg/q

    Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e  (Balanced)

    GUID Alias: SCHEME_BALANCED

    ...

    Subgroup GUID: 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1  (Wireless Adapter Settings)

    Power Setting GUID: 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a  (Power Saving Mode)

    Possible Setting Index: 000

    Possible Setting Friendly Name: Maximum Performance

    Possible Setting Index: 001

    Possible Setting Friendly Name: Low Power Saving

    Possible Setting Index: 002

    Possible Setting Friendly Name: Medium Power Saving

    Possible Setting Index: 003

    Possible Setting Friendly Name: Maximum Power Saving

    Current AC Power Setting Index: 0x00000000

    Current DC Power Setting Index: 0x00000002

    This didn't solve the problem after all.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments