Windows 8.1: WiFi dropping and/or "Limited"

Not sure how to help you. Sitting closer to your router doesn't help limited connection issues as it isn't related to range or signal strength. There is a button on the original question to add that you have the same issue. Would you like to troubleshoot the issue?

I'm having the exact same problems after being nagged into installing 8.1 by WUpdate. I'm typing this sat next to my router plugged in with an ethernet cable trying to fix my wireless. Well done MS, slow clap for you

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!

Every who is having issues seems to only have issues with a single network.

If anyone is still having issues hit Windows + W type command prompt and select it from the list. In that window type ipconfig and find your wireless adapter config info and make sure you have an IP assigned and a gateway.

If you do but have limited connection go to your router settings and find the table that has all the IP assigned to each device on the network. See if they match and let me know. Remove all the entries with your device name and/or MAC address from the table.

Then disconnect from the network with your PC and reconnect to the same network. Refresh the IP table and check what the IP assigned to your PC is. Go back to the CMD window and type ipconfig hit enter (or hit the up arrow key to get the last command and hit enter) make sure the IP assigned to you in the table is the same as the one your computer has and check if the gateway changed.

Try the internet and see if you have the same issue.

If you do type the gateway in the address bar in IE to see if you can get to your router. If you can...

Open 2 other command prompt windows and type ping -t 127.0.0.1 and hit enter then for the second type ping -t YOUR GATEWAY IPto see if they fail to respond at the same time or if just one does.

If they don't fail open two more and in one type ping -t www.microsoft.com in the other type ping -t 8.8.8.8 hit enter in each window after you typed it. Run it for a while to see if any out of the 4 fail. When you get a fail, if you do, go to the ipconfig CMD window and type ipconfig hit enter and see if you have the same IP assigned and gateway.

Let me know what happens

my problem was the same and did everything possible posted hear and in other websites but for other reasons I move to an other apartment and change my IP which was century link for IP charter and by a new router Linksys EA2700 problem solved no more limited internet. In conclusion century link was only 10MG per seconds and has its own router  charter is ap to 30 whit its own modem  more expensive yes but I don have that problem anymore my laptop Sony Vaio windows 8.1 pro is only one year old, I hope this work for you to

Thanks. I've started the new discussion and added a bit of detail.

The link for the new discussion is:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-networking/limited-connection-with-windows-81/a62368bd-efba-48c7-96af-5d250298d2e4?tm=1400347764788

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!

Every who is having issues seems to only have issues with a single network.

If anyone is still having issues hit Windows + W type command prompt and select it from the list. In that window type ipconfig and find your wireless adapter config info and make sure you have an IP assigned and a gateway.

If you do but have limited connection go to your router settings and find the table that has all the IP assigned to each device on the network. See if they match and let me know. Remove all the entries with your device name and/or MAC address from the table.

Then disconnect from the network with your PC and reconnect to the same network. Refresh the IP table and check what the IP assigned to your PC is. Go back to the CMD window and type ipconfig hit enter (or hit the up arrow key to get the last command and hit enter) make sure the IP assigned to you in the table is the same as the one your computer has and check if the gateway changed.

Try the internet and see if you have the same issue.

If you do type the gateway in the address bar in IE to see if you can get to your router. If you can...

Open 2 other command prompt windows and type ping -t 127.0.0.1 and hit enter then for the second type ping -t YOUR GATEWAY IPto see if they fail to respond at the same time or if just one does.

If they don't fail open two more and in one type ping -t www.microsoft.com in the other type ping -t 8.8.8.8 hit enter in each window after you typed it. Run it for a while to see if any out of the 4 fail. When you get a fail, if you do, go to the ipconfig CMD window and type ipconfig hit enter and see if you have the same IP assigned and gateway.

Let me know what happens