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
    2014-01-07T03:31:04+00:00

    For all of you with Intel Wireless adapters.

    I ran the utility on this page:-

    http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/wireless

    And for the first time it detected that there was a newer version of my driver.

    I have the Intel Centrino wireless-N105 adapter.

    I downloaded and clicked on the exe file and within a few seconds the new driver was installed.

    Hope I'm not tempting fate but I have not had any dropouts for 4 days either from boot up or from sleep mode.

    This driver is not a dedicated Windows 8.1 it says for Windows 8, but its worked for me and I hope it works for all of those with Intel drivers.

    The driver covers multiple Intel adapters but the utility will detect the one you have. 

    I really hope this helps you all.

    Acer Aspire E1-571

    Intel Corei5

    Strange, I've got the same machine. Here the utility says 'This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates.'.

    I also tried the manual install. Now I'm on 15.10.5.1. Still no solution.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-07T04:06:18+00:00

    I also downloaded the latest Realtek driver for Toshiba Satellite with 8.1 presinstalled.  It worked for the rest of the day, but the next day I could not stay connected for more than a couple minutes.  I am back to the same issue of internet not staying connected with a Limited connection.  I am so frustrated at this point that I am ready to buy an older laptop with Windows 7 on Craigslist and Ebay until I figure out if I want to buy a Mac.  However, it is NOT easy to do research because my Internet keeps dropping!!!!! We should all write letters to Microsoft to let them know how disappointed we are!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-07T04:34:20+00:00

    I will look later to see what version driver I have and let you know.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-07T15:11:06+00:00

    Hi Axel

    The driver I installed is the same one 15.10.5.1

    So far still working ok.

    Is it worth rolling back to the old one and trying again?

    Acer Aspire E1-571

    Intel Corei5

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-01-07T19:38:25+00:00

    Solution:

    Change the SSID name of your network. worked for me =)

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