Wifi always "limited"

[Jambls]

Why am I doing this guide:

I could not find anything else on the internet for this and I figured that someone else would have the same problem at some point so yeah.

Setting the scene:

A few weeks ago, I was sitting at a hotel with my HP Stream 14, trying to connect to their Wifi but every time i tried, it would always tell me that it was taking longer than usual to connect and then give up and tell me that the connection was "limited". I tried it with a USB Wifi dongle and that connected fine and then my laptop would connect and be fine but as soon as i took the dongle away, it would go back to "limited". I tried a new Wifi card but same result.

The fix:

Nuke the drivers. Don't just uninstall them from device manager. If they are there, uninstall them from programs and features. Then go back into device manager and "update the drivers" there. You will need to do every Wifi password again but it should work.

Conclusion:

I don't know if the problem is specific to HP stream 14s or of all HPs that use the same wifi card can get it but that is how i fixed it.

[DimasRMDO]

You can also manually set your PC's IP.

[FunkyFeatures]

Why am I doing this guide:

I could not find anything else on the internet for this and I figured that someone else would have the same problem at some point so yeah.

Setting the scene:

A few weeks ago, I was sitting at a hotel with my HP Stream 14, trying to connect to their Wifi but every time i tried, it would always tell me that it was taking longer than usual to connect and then give up and tell me that the connection was "limited". I tried it with a USB Wifi dongle and that connected fine and then my laptop would connect and be fine but as soon as i took the dongle away, it would go back to "limited". I tried a new Wifi card but same result.

The fix:

Nuke the drivers. Don't just uninstall them from device manager. If they are there, uninstall them from programs and features. Then go back into device manager and "update the drivers" there. You will need to do every Wifi password again but it should work.

Conclusion:

I don't know if the problem is specific to HP stream 14s or of all HPs that use the same wifi card can get it but that is how i fixed it.

I had a problem with my mothers Acer tablet interfering with my laptop (Toshiba). My fix was going from B/G/N to B/G wireless. To me it seems like a somewhat medium-common issue that people have, with a million different fixes which is why one can not create a full guide for this - this may just be one of the million solutions. I appreciate the effort though, might help a bunch of people.

 

You can also manually set your PC's IP.

Didn't work for me back then

[Jambls]

I had a problem with my mothers Acer tablet interfering with my laptop (Toshiba). My fix was going from B/G/N to B/G wireless. To me it seems like a somewhat medium-common issue that people have, with a million different fixes which is why one can not create a full guide for this - this may just be one of the million solutions. I appreciate the effort though, might help a bunch of people.

Thank you.