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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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Two Windows 7 machines, 2 Apple iPods, 1 Apple iPhone and 1Blackberry all connect fine to my home wireless network. Windows 8.1 DellXPS12 often loses the connection, shows limited connection. Microsoft: Time to spend some time and money on a solution or better diagnostics to identify the problem.
Two Windows 7 machines, 2 Apple iPods, 1 Apple iPhone and 1Blackberry all connect fine to my home wireless network. Windows 8.1 DellXPS12 often loses the connection, shows limited connection. Microsoft: Time to spend some time and money on a solution or better diagnostics to identify the problem.
Similar happening to me, 2 cheap Chinese Android phones, IPhone 4, Sony Vaio with Win 7 are working perfectly with Apple Wireless Router and before with Asus N16 Router, but my Asus Zenbook with Win 8.1 constantly lose connection, especially when I play in COH2.
I had a similar problem with my Lenovo ThinkPad running Windows 8.1. LenovoERMDiscovery process was running automatically transmitting large amounts of data to the network. Once I stopped the service everything was fine. Hope this helps.
I have decided to join this discussion as it was my first port of call when I experienced this issue which started last weekend after upgrading to Windows 8.1. My network adapter is a Netgear N300 (WNA3100).
I tried every single option on the net practically plus advice from someone on the Microsoft forums but whilst a lot of ideas worked to start with within a couple of hours maximum the issue would return.
The only thing that reconnected would be to unplug the adapter from itself then reconnect but this of course isn't a fix rather than an annoying reset.
Then I came across this site http://pureinfotech.com/2013/09/16/how-to-fix-wireless-limited-connectivity-windows-81/
I tried the first options but again only a temporary fix. However I then tried the bottom option which is :
Update: If after trying all of the above solutions, you still having Limited Connectivity problems, changing the following network settings could also help.
Note: Apparently the following changes works best for Surface RT devices. However, you can try this solution on any Windows 8.1 PC, including Surface Pro.
1 Open the Command Prompt as administrator (refer to previous steps).
2 Next, type the following commands (one at a time) press Enter and OK on each one:
netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
netsh int tcp set global rss=enabled
Then use the following command to verify all the previous settings are disabled:
netsh int tcp show global
3 Restart your device and see try to connect to your network.
It's now been around 15 hours and the connection hasn't been disconnected or become limited once and I have tried rebooting a couple of times and waking the PC from a sleep and all seems well.
Therefore I thought I would post this as it may help others with the same issue.
One thing is though I have absolutely no idea though what I have actually performed here but thought it was time to throw caution to the wind so if anyone has time to explain what the steps may have done I would appreciate it.
I have tried these commands - but sad to say I've fallen back into the "Limited" pit...
It this works permanently for you, that is just great! Could you please confirm after a couple of days and a few sleep / restart cycles whether it still is working OK ? :-)
