- Aug 22, 2012
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Some brief background: I have a 802.11n Wireless card that I use to connect to my Netgear WNDR4000 router. When I had Windows 7 ultimate installed, I did not experience any sort of connectivity issues like I am today. Currently I have Windows 8 installed, with the same WiFi card and router, which are located in the same locations as they were before (the router is about 20 feet behind me, no walls). I have checked my routers firmware, and my network cards current driver and both are up to date.
I am experience intermittent lag spikes. I cannot tell if this is happening when I am web browsing, as this occurs approximately every 5 minutes for only a few seconds at a time, but I assume that it does since my network card has stopped working much like it does while I am playing a game. So, every 5 minutes or so, I experience a lag spike that lasts a few seconds, and then things return to normal. Also, usually once a day whether I am playing a game or just streaming music, the internet just stops working entirely. My WiFi status bars show full, with that yellow exclamation mark. I cannot connect to any other network, or rejoin my own, and performing a troubleshoot on the issue turns up nothing. The only way to get it working again is to disable the card and then re-enable it.
Although I could attempt a wired connection, it just would not be practical considering the location of my computer and the Ethernet port. Has any else had any issues with Windows 8 and their WiFi connection?
I am experience intermittent lag spikes. I cannot tell if this is happening when I am web browsing, as this occurs approximately every 5 minutes for only a few seconds at a time, but I assume that it does since my network card has stopped working much like it does while I am playing a game. So, every 5 minutes or so, I experience a lag spike that lasts a few seconds, and then things return to normal. Also, usually once a day whether I am playing a game or just streaming music, the internet just stops working entirely. My WiFi status bars show full, with that yellow exclamation mark. I cannot connect to any other network, or rejoin my own, and performing a troubleshoot on the issue turns up nothing. The only way to get it working again is to disable the card and then re-enable it.
Although I could attempt a wired connection, it just would not be practical considering the location of my computer and the Ethernet port. Has any else had any issues with Windows 8 and their WiFi connection?
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