Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

After updating to 8.1 same issue....had perfect wireless connection before. I am considering reinstalling 8

Hi,

I am having the same wifi internet connectivity issue with my Toshiba Sattelite laptop which has Windows 7 Home Premium even though other devices like my windows phone mobile, Android tablet are having no issues with INTERNET connectivity.  Another interesting thing is that I have used an external Dlink wifi usb adapter with the same laptop, I am having the same internet connectivity issue with this adapter too. Besides that, I have also used a 3G USB dongle for internet connection in the laptop. It also suffered the limited internet connectivity issue after sometime. So it clearly suggests that neither it is network card's issue nor its driver's but it is something that has a lot to do with Windows 7 itself.

Please note that in all cases, this internet connectivity issue is random. Everything is going fine, suddenly a yellow mark appears on network icon in the taskbar & internet connectivity becomes Limited.

I am sure this is Windows 7/8 issue. 

Thanks

Shezzy

Wireless networking fails on Windows 8.1 limited connection. This is very bad and unacceptable for MS to upgrade to 8.1 and kill networking for millions of people on all kinds of hardware.

Two brand new HP notebooks, and two apple computers. Upgraded the bios, rebooted, updated the NIC drivers,(as HP phone helpdesk said to do) upgraded the cisco E4200 router firmware. No matter if pc's are set to sleep, reboot or powered off, issue happens. It happens less on the HP notebook, but the wireless setting are the same on the other HP. Issue wasn't as bad on Windows 8 but after 8.1 it is constantly not connecting without many tried of disconnect, reconnect, reenter the password. The router has been reset a couple times and the cable modem has been reset.

Wireless connection fails each time computer is restarted even though it was working fine before a normal shutdown or sleep or reboot. Limited connection, no internet access. Windows 8.1. Norton 360. After playing  around with network trouble shooting and diagnostics it eventually works after 5 frustrating minutes. It is on my home network with the MS IP 169.x.x.x instead of 192.168.x.x. It happens on my wife's new HP laptop too. Happens on sons two Apple notebooks too. iPhones and iPads are fine.

Hi!

I had the same problem (8.1 Pro N + ASUS UX31A) and i just went to the admin site of my router and changed some option. First: I changed my router's SSID (i dont think it solved the problem) Second: I changed the router setting that only boradcast in the N and not all G B N, I think it solved my problem.

I hope you gona solve it too.

I would like to thank ChrisBeard68 for posting the link to the pureinfotech article on this issue.  My laptop is barely 3 weeks old, running Windows 8.1.  Until last night, it was rock solid, always connecting to my home network.  Last night, min-browsing, it decided it was done.  No more connection.  No amount of restarting or cycling power to my modem/router would fix the problem.  Since other devices in my home were still connecting to the internet, I knew it had to do with Win 8.1.  I found this discussion and read his post.  For my computer, the first fix on pureinfotech.com seems to have fixed the problem, which was resetting the Windows TCP/IP stack.  At least, it's still been solidly connected 5 hours later...

I would like to echo the comments of other posters by saying SHAME on Microsoft for letting this ridiculous problem fester without offering a fix.  Let's hope the April 11 update (or whatever the release date ends up being!) addresses it.  They put their customers in an untenable position i.e. I couldn't return my laptop to Staples without having them charge me to do what I did (thanks to this thread), since I didn't purchase any sort of support contract with them.  That leaves trolling the interwebs for solutions. Why should I be typing instructions at a command prompt to fix a 3 week old laptop?  That's insane!  In the car world, that would be called a LEMON and there would be a recall.

I also have the same problem after upgrading to Windows 8.1 Pro, even after updating to the latest Intel Wireless LAN Driver Update at http://esupport.sony.com/CA/p/swu-download.pl?mdl=SVD112190S&upd_id=9214&os_group_id=27.  This did not happen with Windows 8 Pro.

When I connect to my iPhone 5s' WiFi hotspot over LTE, my WiFi connection is fine.

My hardware:

Sony Vaio Duo 11

Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6235

Apple AirPort

1. ok this is what I did 1control panel click on network & sharing 2-network & sharing center 3- access type connections on the figure click  right opens window  Wi-Fi status click properties on properties click on configure then click on power management there is two boxes click of both