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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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Everyone who updated to 8.1 is having the issue. The joke is that Msoft owns Bing and tracks every move the world makes, yet cannot discern the thousands and thousands of users asking the same question. I know, because the bleep heads come back with the sophomoric "reboot" answer to everything.
100 computer manufacturers, 1 issue . HHHHMMMMMM I wonder if this idiot 8.1 needs the reboot.
Same problem for my Samsung - this happen in both Win 8 and Win 8.1. When I change the Router channel, sometimes it work for weeks but problem recur again and I need do the same. I have seem many complaints in Internet but Window Engineer has not solve this problem. People with Win 7 does not have this problem.
I have the same problem since I update my pc to win 8.1 wifi issue
Toshiba m645
The problem came back. I tried uninstalling the Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver and re-installing Wireless_16.5.3_e164.exe, but that didn't help.
Meanwhile, for the work that I do that requires a stable network connection, I will need to tether to my LTE iPhone 5s until someone finds a solution.
I am very disappointed that Microsoft introduced this problem in Windows 8.1 that was not in 8. Small point-release Windows upgrades didn't used to introduce regressions like a network driver dropping its connection. No wonder almost all of my co-workers have switched to Mac...for their work machine.
Try installing an older driver. This may be an intel problem. My 6250 is working great on win 8.1 on 802.11n networks using an earlier driver 15.5.3. See the discussion at:
