Windows 8 Tablet Wireless Connection Loss

savage1 · 27-04-2013, 12:18

I Have a Samsung Ativ tablet running windows 8 and every 2-5 minutes the wireless connection drops from 'connected' to 'limited' and won't fully connect unless I disconnect and connect or go through the network troubleshooter - this is obviously very frustrating. All other devices - laptops and iphones - work fine and the tablet is ok on other networks that use at work. The wireless router is a netgear.

Can anyone help?

27-04-2013, 16:56

Have you been installing regular updates?

savage1 · 28-04-2013, 19:49

Thanks for the reply. Yes it's all up to date. It seems to be worse in the desktop mode if that helps.

Hom3r · 28-04-2013, 21:06

try setting the tablet with a static IP.

mark1234 · 29-04-2013, 11:59

Is it Windows 8 or Windows RT?

fudge · 01-05-2013, 19:55

I had this last year , my lap top would loose wifi connection but at the same time my sons lap top worked ok as well as our mobils on the wifi. In the end i found out what wifi card my lap top had in it and then looked to see if there was an upgrade for my wifi card. there was so i down loaded it and every thing now works ok.

savage1 · 01-05-2013, 21:30

Hello all

Its full windows 8 but I believe it would be windows RT on the 'tiles'.

I'm investigating the static ip as its a work pc.

Please keep the suggestions coming as its driving me to the throw out of the window stage.

Thanks again

Paul

mark1234 · 02-05-2013, 14:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by savage1

Its full windows 8 but I believe it would be windows RT on the 'tiles'.

You're confused on the difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT. To be fair, Microsoft have done a rubbish job on explaining the difference, so it's not your fault at all.

Both Windows 8 and RT have tile and desktop interfaces. Two main differences you'll see from a user perspective is that with Windows 8 you can install software onto the desktop, which you can't do with Windows RT; and that RT includes a copy of Office 2013 RT - but if this is a work machine you might have Office 2013 installed on Win8 anyway.

I guess the most certain check is if you can install software outside of the Windows Store. If you can then it's Windows 8 otherwise it's Windows RT.