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Many Windows 10 users are suffering from a bug which causes wi-fi connections to disconnect.
Recently, some users have noticed (probably abruptly) that their Wi-Fi dropped out, with Windows complaining about an invalid IP configuration. Microsoft released a patch just the other day (who enjoyed a good ol' fashioned forced reboot from it?) that could have fixed the issue, but didn't.
Speculation at this point says the disconnect results when a machine performs a fast startup, setting the machine's IP address to 169.x.x.x. It's an old problem, but somehow it's come back in spades in the past two days. I have no idea what triggered the sudden outbreak, as there were no Win10 1607 patches issued on Dec. 6, 7 or 8.
This scoop was sent from my ArchLinux laptop connected through wifi. It's hard not to be a little smug about it. ;-)
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @03:03PM
.... I've been fighting this weird issue where all of a machine's connections (wired and wireless) suddenly go to, "Connected, No Internet," when absolutely nothing has changed past the computer and the person next door is still networking just fine. It only occurs on machines that have WiFi. The solution was to netcfg -d and reboot and the issue is fixed.
Thanks Windows! You make it so easy for me to want Linux, Mac, or a TRS-80 at home!