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
    2014-01-16T00:33:39+00:00

    i'm not sure but it seems to me that they actually fixed the problem already, since there is a driver that we can install and fix this issue. but the new machines was still shipped with the old problematic drivers, maybe they are already in the pipeline or already in the warehouse.

    maybe you can try to connect the device to network through cable first, and do all the updates of all the drivers and force check updates for again a couple of time until there are no more updates to be installed before installing anything else.

    in retrospect i think i should have done that, but i just got so used to just get the wifi connected and then do the updates through the wifi, i didn't think the problem actually hit that Achilles' heel.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T19:23:02+00:00

    Hi, I have same problem with Realtek and 8.1 to be true.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T03:53:15+00:00

    Will this really work and is it going to cost me to install Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.  I'm going to check my driver for my netgear, could that be the problem.

    Thanks

    Merlin

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T03:49:50+00:00

    Hi that is exactly what I did because of this issue. I don't have time to do all this installing of drivers etc and in reading the comments it doesn't work all the time anyway. I now use a macbook pro for business it is very solid always connected I use office365 which works fine on OSX and skydrive is integrated into the filesystem. So the bits of MS which work well - the cloud bits - are completely fine with Mac. The only windows device I now use regularly is my Nokia Lumia which is a great phone. So i'm by no means anti Microsoft, I just can't use Win8.x as a production system for my business because of this connectivity issue. So I switched and so far so good. For a tablet I use a Galaxy Note 10.1 - which I personally think is a stunning bit of kit so i'm not an Apple groupie either. Horses for courses now for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T03:49:45+00:00

    Yes, I agree I'm in College and I have many online classes.  I think that stupid Microsoft should provide a free downgrade to Windows 7.  If I knew I was going to have so many problems with my wifi I would have ordered a dam Dell with Windows 7. 

    There are people that have posted regarding Microcrap and no-one can seem to give me the right suggestion to fix my WIFI.Take Care

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