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
    2014-08-05T22:24:52+00:00

    I FIXED IT!!!!

    So I for one LOVED Windows 8. From day one I was super excited for the new functionality. I was the top 50 salesperson in the COMPANY for Best Buy in Computers & Tablets. Needless to say I had a lot of sway over peoples buying decisions. But my HP Pavilion DV7 that I loved for years started having this wifi issue after upgrading to Windows 8. Interesting I said. I spent hours searching, subscribed to this thread for weeks, even ran ethernet to my desk in my home office because it was so frustrating. I work from home now in the entertainment industry. I finally found a solution!! 

    A beautiful iMac! Goodbye Windows. To all those that I persuaded to buy Windows, please forgive me. Hope you enjoy that 3.6 ghz i7 I sold you to play Farmville :P haha!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-05T20:44:16+00:00

    I have this same problem and Ive tried everything!!! Please someone help I cant even use internet on my new laptop i paid 600 dollars for! This Sucks

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-08-04T05:42:23+00:00

    Quick easy fix, my video because i couldn't find a fix for this anywhere. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTbfkXWA7Nc&feature=youtu.be

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-30T21:10:16+00:00

    Hi all,

    I think most of you guys might have solved the issue by now.

    If not - I personally found running this command: netsh winsock reset  

    This has kept my wifi connection stable  lenovo G505s for last 2 days

    Run the command(CMD) as administrator before typing the command. Also you would need to restart the machine.

    Hope its helps

    Cheers

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-07-29T20:42:54+00:00

    I upgraded to Windows 8.1 and Wifi worked fine - UNTIL I followed the advice of the little balloon in the lower right to upgrade my Intel wireless drivers. Clicking the balloon led to a page on Intel which had a driver for 32-bit windows. I blindly tried that, but it wouldn't install and instead I got the message to use the driver for 64-bit windows. OK, so I downloaded that and when I tried to run it I got an Intel icon and then it quit.

    That driver wasn't the latest anyway, I discovered today via a Google search. So I downloaded version 17.0.1405.02. That installed, and at the moment I'm able to reach the Internet quickly without even restarting Windows. Let's hope this continues...

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