So I am reading here that quite a few people are having trouble with internet dropping out after the 8.1 update. Me too. Here's my story.
I updated two laptops (a Sony Vaio and an Asus) from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 after the update was made available this week. Both were working perfectly before the update. Now, both of them lose internet connectivity after about 10 minutes. Disconnect, reconnect, they work fine for another 10 minutes. Drops again, disconnect, reconnect, works another 10 minutes. The Asus even drops internet every 10 minutes on the Ethernet connection. I haven't tried Ethernet on the Sony.
I have two wireless routers in my house and it doesn't matter which router I connect to. Ten minutes of surfing the web, dropped connection, ....disconnect, reconnect, good for another 10 minutes.
For what it's worth, I have a Windows 7 laptop, ipad, iPhone, VOIP phone, all connected and all work just fine. My internet setup has been working fine for over a year since I connected everything as it is now. The only change is the update to 8.1 on two computers.
Both laptops have Atheros AR9285 wireless built in.
I have:
1) tried multiple drivers on each machine. no difference with 10.0.0.75, 10.0.0.260, 10.0.0.263
2) have adjusted the power profile settings to "maximum performance".....no change
3) tried static ip addresses....no difference than with "automatic" ip from dhcp
Ideas anyone? Thanks in advance!
I updated two laptops (a Sony Vaio and an Asus) from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 after the update was made available this week. Both were working perfectly before the update. Now, both of them lose internet connectivity after about 10 minutes. Disconnect, reconnect, they work fine for another 10 minutes. Drops again, disconnect, reconnect, works another 10 minutes. The Asus even drops internet every 10 minutes on the Ethernet connection. I haven't tried Ethernet on the Sony.
I have two wireless routers in my house and it doesn't matter which router I connect to. Ten minutes of surfing the web, dropped connection, ....disconnect, reconnect, good for another 10 minutes.
For what it's worth, I have a Windows 7 laptop, ipad, iPhone, VOIP phone, all connected and all work just fine. My internet setup has been working fine for over a year since I connected everything as it is now. The only change is the update to 8.1 on two computers.
Both laptops have Atheros AR9285 wireless built in.
I have:
1) tried multiple drivers on each machine. no difference with 10.0.0.75, 10.0.0.260, 10.0.0.263
2) have adjusted the power profile settings to "maximum performance".....no change
3) tried static ip addresses....no difference than with "automatic" ip from dhcp
Ideas anyone? Thanks in advance!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Sony
- CPU
- Dual Core T4300
- Memory
- 4 gb