Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

This is horrible response and I've seen it given by other MS engineers. Thousands of people are having this problem since the 8.1 release. I highly doubt all of us had our routers go bad at the same time. Own up to this Microsoft and please fix it. The standard response will not cut it anymore.

I agree wholeheartedly.  I cannot connect to a specific wireless with Windows 8.1.  I don't get a valid IP address, I get an APIPA address..  I can connect to the same network fine with Windows 7.  Other people get mixed results with Windows 8.1.  It is not the router or the networking equipment.  It is something with Windows 8.1.  It reminds me of when Windows Vista could not get an IP address from a Cisco switch, and Microsoft recognized this as a problem and provided a KB article with a workaround for the issue.  It doesn't work for Windows 8.1.

So what do I do?  I carry my Linux laptop with me now.  I get an IP address without a problem.  So I get connectivity to do things like lab connections, WebEx, email from my Linux laptop.  If I absolutely have to connect using my windows machine I use my MiFi, but I do that sparingly.

Hey MS.  Not good when your new OS reminds an IT vet of Vista.  Also no good when they decide to travel with two laptops to get connectivity, the reliable one of them being Linux.

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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Hi You may try this..

Revert your network adapter driver back to an older version instead of the one installed by windows 8.1.

1. Open Device Manager > Network Adapters> Uninstall Wireless driver ( mostly Broadcom) do not forget to tick the box that says Delete Driver Software. Restart computer or click on scan for hardware changes under the Action tab. 
2. Right Click on the wireless adapter and Select Update Driver Software . 
3. Select Browse my computer for driver software . 
4. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer". 
5. Uncheck "Show Compatible Devices/Drivers" 

6.Try each drivers that are somewhat identical to the existing driver and install it (remember this is a trial and error).

e.g. Select the "Broadcom 802.11n Network Adaptor (Broadcom)" entry from the list, and click Next

also try downloading the drivers from support.lenovo.com

I have been working on this problem for months and have, through experimenting, found the following:

Applies to Intel 6235:

As of Feb. 25 2014, Intel drivers for BT and WiFi are still defective.

Generic Windows drivers work, but are limited, no BT 4.0 support.

Regarding WiFi drop outs, the problem seems to be related to the radio channel switching.

Normally, the channel is set to auto and is selected based on some protocol.

I have manually set the channel on my router from 1 to 11 and tested the connection on my notebook and the results showed that any channel other than 6 would drop and the signal low.

With my router set to the center, ch6, I no longer have drop out problems!

My suggestion to all is to set your WiFi to the center channel till further notice.

I had this problem and solved it by replacing the

windows version of my wireless network adapter driver with the manufacturers instead.

Specifically I selected the Broadcom driver instead of the Microsoft driver.

Details can be found at this link:

https://blogs.technet.com/b/dennis_schnell/archive/2013/08/31/windows-8-1-wifi-showing-quot-limitied-quot-or-quot-no-internet-access-quot.aspx

Well.. The current status is that since I uninstalled by the setup the driver, removed the installed driver in the device manager too for the Wifi, rebooted, installed the .279(got it from the Asus Support), but even that this alone didn't helped itself, I also had some updates from MS(they came some days later after I got the driver and around one week from now back) and since installed them, since the 07.02.2014 I haven't drops anymore.. Don't want to paint the devil on the wall, but till now no drops. anymore.. I think for Fyreman907, you could have a hardware fault or just driver fault as the win7 driver for the AR9485 are even there not very know for "stability"...  I think that for most user there is a special mixture of driver fault and OS shits..

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8\_1-networking/qualcomm-atheros-ar9485wb-eg-wireless-adapter/0da566e4-25e7-489c-a743-3b148da35a11?page=3&tm=1393223217975

PS: Till now still no disconnects.. loooks now good.