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
    2014-11-28T22:52:34+00:00

    I would reset

    NETSH INT TCP SET HEURISTICS DISABLED

    NETSH INT TCP SET GLOBAL AUTOTUNINGLEVEL=DISABLED

    NETSH INT TCP SET GLOBAL RSS=ENABLED

    to the defaults and see if it breaks the fix. Those will slow the connection to the internet down and the ability for the CPU to process the info it gets through the TCP ports. I think RSS enabled is a default since VIsta SP1.

    The first and last commands are good to fix the network. They arec ommonly broken because of anti-malware such as Norton, Mcafee . Windows defender is much better.

    http://www.vindamedia.com/windows/help/troubleshooting-your-network

    Has list of the correct command prompt commands to use to reset the networking cache and similar to clear up issues in the section titled Reset and clear possibly incorrect data that has been cached

    That list would be good if you have a router that was built before 2004 or so and didn't have the ability to support auto tunneling. Disabling the setting makes the make receive window 64KB which will slow your internet connection for a particular transaction by around 10x or much more

    Good luck hope it stays fixed either way.

    Also try this, http://www.vindamedia.com/windows/help/windows-8-general-errors

    It may solve the underlying issues you are having that are making it so those features don't work.

    BTW the parts of the windows 8 OS that run that haven't changed since Windows 7 so if windows 7 works on your network without those settings changed windows 8 should too. It must be anti-virus software. Even disabled anti-virus software that was removed can cause issues because they leave their drivers attached to the network behind or the settings they changed are left and the driver is gone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T17:52:42+00:00

    To all you guys with troubled with the N-6235/6250 wi fi problem, 

    Go to device manager, scroll to the network adapter, you should find 2 devices:

    >your card

    >hyper v network somethingsomething

    Disable hyper V network, restart your network adapter and now you should be good. Been two days since this and my connection didn't dropped once.

    Microsoft I can't even begin to say how much I'm mad at you because I don't know what happened to your softwares but you are really upsetting me a lot. My connection was a pain in the **** for two months untile I (not you, not your helpers) found this solution that, guess what, it's caused by your systems.

    That's unbelievable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-12T19:44:54+00:00

    Hahaha.. Nice one but I am still using Win 8.1 Pro and suffering like Hell. MS please give us a fix. Every One's Router in Different Countries cant go wrong at same time and that too after 8.1 Release.

    --Pankaj

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