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WiFi showing Limited access on Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 preview

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/wifi-showing-limited-access-on-windows-8-8-1-and-windows-10-preview.187635/

Skyh3ck
Skyh3ck Original post #1
Oct 11, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Hello

Friends i have lenovo B490 laptop with Broadcom wifi chip inbuilt.

I have multibooted it with Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10 Previews, All these OS are 32 bit oses, Windows 10 being the preview build.

The wifi gets connected and interned works fine on windows 7,

however on windows 8 and windows 10, it gets connected but shows "LIMITED ACCESS" and not able to get internet.

Please help me how to resolve this issue.
amjath
amjath #2
Oct 11, 2014 at 4:45 PM
The issue was fixed in 8.1 so you can search for the issue and try the same.
Sorry not a laptop user :D
thetechfreak
thetechfreak #3
Oct 14, 2014 at 3:06 PM
Probably something goes wrong when the WiFi is issuing you a local IP address. Giving manual IP addresses & DNS should fix it.