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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:49AM
Careful with this! I tried to isolate my last Windows box from the internet. It said it could not verify that it actually was windows, and then it tried to kill me. If not for the shotgun I keep in the server room for "extreme" situations, I would not be posting this today! Careful out there, bros!!