Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

Ready to scream? I know its old post, only one i could find tho on this issue, but i got your solution. 

Step 1 open device manager

Step 2 disable (not uninstall) WiFi adapter

Step 3 enable WiFi adapter

Fixed

Usually the lease time is 24 hours and after 20 hours the computer will start to ask for new info. Not sure if it will help this issue but changing the SSID name on the router fixes certain limited connection issues. If you think it is the DNS settings causing the issue when it shows a limited status go to a command window and ping an IP like 8.8.8.8 and a doman to see if thd IP works but the domain doesnt.

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!

Hi,

I have struggled all day with my Dell Inspiron N4050 laptop with the same problem. Wasting almost 20 hours and trying every bit of chances I have atlast found the solution of this limited connectivity problem for my laptop. Here it is how:

Going to the Network Adapter device's properties, I have clicked "Update Driver". There I've selected the option to browse my storage for hardware drivers. Locating the folder of all drivers which I got from Dell's website extracted in that folder, Here, Windows showed only the compatible driver in the list, though that was been installed automatically. There is check box denoting something like "show incompatible drivers". I chose that and there I got the name of my adapter's manufacturer Broadcom. The thing is, Windows detected a driver which was actually supposed to be the driver of my adapter which is Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter driver which in this case been installed automatically by Windows as I saw driver's name and adapter's name to be the same. But from the list of all drivers, I tried Broadcom 802.11 Multimode driver which favoured my luck. I installed that incompatible driver from the incompatible adapter driver's list and found it to be working only after a simple Wifi off/on procedure.

May try incompatible drivers something to check your luck. My one worked fine.

Best wishes!

Hi BHEDU,

Well after going back to factory settings a 2nd time. Suddenly wifi no longer worked like when I first got my computer and ran all the updates and kept on top of them. I manually updated my driver the 2nd go round. Not understanding why after going back to my factory setting that suddenly wifi no longer worked like before. Makes no sense after wiping the drive. Worked great before with no wifi drops. So, yes I decided if it is going to drop on 8.0 then I will go ahead and once again update to 8.1 since I like some of the new features. I am now able to browse the web, watch online videos and so forth. No drops until I run Second Life browser. A virtual world software. It drops about 10 or 15 minutes when logged on. Never had that issue before either. At least I can browse the web now. Not sure how it fixed that issue. All I did was reinstall 8.1 again. Did all the updates on my laptop Gateway and Microsoft. Microsoft tech told me the power settings effect the wifi. I got mine on balanced with "never" as the choice to turn off display and put the computer to sleep. Not sure if that helps or not. No idea. ?? Odd that it stays logged on now without a drop except on that one software I run. I did reset my router (Again!) and changed the channel it was on. There is still issues here however if I can't run my software program. I keep reading post all over the web. Too many people are having this same issue. It can't be on the  manufacturer's end since so many have this problem and we all don't own the same equipment.  I'll keep reading and hopefully someone will come along with a fix. sorry your having it too. So far this laptop has been excellent for the price otherwise. Runs better than the many HP's I had that cost twice as much. I still run Windows 7 on a mini desktop pc, so I have that option if all else. And on the last note...I run a smartphone and a nook hd tablet in my home and the wifi never drops on those at all. Even though it was dropping after the 8.1 update. You tell me???? LOL

I too had this issue with my Lenovo Yoga and a wifi driver update from support.lenovo.com fixed it. They just released the updated driver for my machine last week.