Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

I agree with one person who believes it may be one of the 8.1 subsequent updates that has caused the problem. I have reloaded the manufacturers correct driver, changed power settings to disable the system from closing the device or laptop and NOTHING suggested so far fixes this problem!

Raadghast, yes.  What was happening to me was that Wifi is connected but would blank out every few seconds.  e.g. works for 25 seconds, then stops, then works again, then stops.

TOTAL EFFING FRUSTRATION.

Changing the router channel seemed to have mitigated the problem somewhat, but it was still there.  It took a FULL REINSTALL FROM SCRATCH before the problem went away.

I've never been a fan of turning on Windows Updates automatically and the moment I changed that habit to the "highly recommended" behavior, I paid for it dearly.

I'm confused.

My internet connection is fine, windows 8 wont work.

that is correct for this thread right?

Ah yes title does give it away, hadn't spotted that and was reading the recent posts.

I still don't believe the two problems are connected, one issue internet works fine then drops out and with the other problem folks can't connect which is generally what limited connectivity means.

Anyway, the main point is that Microsoft need to address both issues and fess up to the problems.

Oddly enough my laptop worked all day yesterday without dropping out once, go figure?

Cheers

Raadghast

Hi Everyone

This thread is NOT about limited connectivity!

Actually, this thread IS ABOUT limited connectivity. If you read the first post you would have seen these words making up the first sentence. 

"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."

So, perhaps you should "start your own thread."

The limited connectivity is not a configuration issue...there's something wrong with the way Windows 8.1 and various drivers are interacting. I can tell you that the Intel drivers are prone to these problems.

This thread is NOT about limited connectivity!

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I firmly believe that folks with Limited connectivity probably just have configuration issues, which may or may not be fixed with Network Diagnostics, but this is a different problem!  Please start your own thread. 

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Microsoft have a bug that requires a fix and I for one think they are being very slow at even acknowledging the issue!

Well, I see your point and agree with your reasoning, but disagree slightly with your "headline" ;-)

As I see it, it's not about "actual limited" in the good, old sense - misconfigured nedwork/adapter, but rather a "positive false" diagnose message and error complex, stating "limited".

Could it perhaps be caused by an algorithm introduced in Win 8 / 8.1 that turns off your network connectivity with dubious motives (saving power, mobile network cost) based on erroneous measurements as input (e.g. some secret intermittently unreachable internet nodes) ???

So - as othe as Win-pre-8, OSX, Linux and other devices do not have such a "fancy" algorithm, based on dubious motiveswith erroneous input - so they plainly work :-/ Sorry, I think this smells of big-time do-do handled badly - maybe hits the fan anytime soon :-/