Windows 8.1 Connected to Wifi but limited and no internet

[muFFlyx]

I have an HP laptop that is running Windows 8.1 and it's having some Internet connection issues.

I'll start from when I connect to my router from the laptop. I click on the router in the sidebar Wifi settings, then it says "Connecting to network is taking longer than usual" then displays "The connection is limited".

On the taskbar, a small yellow exclamation symbol is visible next to the signal bars. I can't connect to the Internet using any programs. Pinging my default gateway with cmd results in all 4 packets sent being lost, with the message "PING: transmit failed. General failure." for each one.

I'm not sure what other information I should provide, so I'll wait for a response and provide the appropriate info.

Thanks.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Do other computers work fine?

Rebooted it?

Can you try connecting it via ethernet, temporarily?

 

[muFFlyx]

Do other computers work fine?

Rebooted it?

Can you try connecting it via ethernet, temporarily?

Every other device capable of Wi-Fi works perfectly well with the same router.

I have tried multiple reboots, none of which worked.

Even with an ethernet cable, it still shows the connection as limited, and there is still no internet access,

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Check that Windows is set to use DHCP, rather than a static IP address.

 

[freemenow29]

roll back your wifi driver to the original windows 8 one through device manager.. this has been an issue since the release of 8.1..