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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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I'm having the exact same issue on my Asus laptop. It started soon after I updated to 8.1. Last week it wouldn't connect at all. I thought it was my wifi card. I took it in for repair and it turned out to be the software. They had to do a refresh. I just got it back today. And a few minutes ago it disconnected on me again.
It seems there may be many fixes to this common problem. I too was getting repeated "limited" readings on my wifi at random intervals. I read through all these posts and nothing seemed to work until I figured out that my 7 year old Belkin router, which was fine for my Windows XP PC and newer iPhone/iPad, was not compatible with Windows 8.1. Perhaps obvious for the more tech savvy among us but not to mortals like me: go to the Microsoft Compatibility site and check that your router is good with Windows 8.1. I got a new, simple, Cisco/Linksys EA2700 and everything works fine now, including my wireless printer which also didn't work with the old Belkin.
I had the same exact problem and this is what i did to solve it.
manually assigned an IP address and it worked.
however the mystery still remains why the system is not able to get the IP assigned as earlier. the wifi works with another router and gets the IP assigned automatically. the problem was specific to one wifi profile.
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