I have only noticed this with router hickups when they temporarily would forget their changed access point (SSID) name. But in those cases they have still showed up with their default name.

So in your case I honestly have no idea.

Your own wifi signal will most likely be the strongest one, so that's one thing to look at.

Hi Sleepless

Router hiccup or central update from my ISP are the first things I checked but neither of these events happened because my modem was working as expected, with no changes, plus I could still log onto the Internet with my Tablet.

You know, I'm thinking it was some sort of hiccup within Win8.1 because everything else, i.e. all my hardware and software, were working properly, only Win8.1 had suddenly lost all it's w-fi settings and properties.

I know I cannot say with any kind of certainty why this problem suddenly occurred while my son was on the Internet but the problem is now cured.

Unless someone else can come up with a plausible explanation then this will (forever) remain a mystery.


UK Bob

Happy New Year to all Forum Members

LOTR & Sleepless

I was reading an online newspaper this morning, the Guardian, and came across a blog saying that lots of people are complaining about Win8.1's loosing it's wi-fi connection:

Boot up: Win 8.1 Wi-Fi Woes | The Guardian.com

Which lead to this Softpedia article:

Some Windows 8.1 PCs Are Still Suffering from Limited or No Wi-Fi Connectivity

And you know what's worse, MS engineers are not admitting there is a problem:

Windows 8.1: WiFi Dropping and Limited Connectivity - Microsoft Community

Considering what happened to my son's laptop, it is now "more than" obvious that it was the wi-fi bug that disconnected the laptop and deleted it's wi-fi properties.

You know, modern software have hundreds of thousands (may be even millions) lines of code and it is impossible to write a bug-free program. However, with something such as an Internet connection, there should not be any problems with something that is so vital to the whole reason of having a computer.

Anyway, MS has definitely dropped the ball on this one but hopefully they will rush out a bug-fix.


UK Bob