Satellite P70-A01D Win8 Wi-Fi drops out frequently

Satellite P70-A01D
PSPLPA-01D002
Windows 8
Just brought this from D/Smith. Wi-Fi connects fine.
Then after a little while as I am browsing I lose the connection, or it displays as "limited".
I then have to reconnect (which it does easily) and all is fine... but only for a while.
Then I go through the same dance again.
I am 3 metres from my router. Signal strength is not the issue.
All our other WiFi devices are fine (2 iphones, 2 Ipads 3 laptops). No drop outs at all.
I have run Windows updates until there are none left to install - so current there.
I cannot find this laptop on the Australian toshiba website (http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/support) to get toshiba specific drivers eg BIOS WLAN. The dropdown lists the make, model but when I try the operating system drop down it refuses to list any OS.
Therefore I cannot proceed to find any drivers at all.
I have used device manager to 'update' the wireless NIC but it reports my drivers are already the latest.
Help!

Hi
The notebook series is very new on the market and I think this is the reason why the drivers are not available yet.
However, I think you should try some other workarounds to check whats wrong with the WLan connection.
First of all it would be interesting to know if the WLan drop outs happens only using the battery power or also connected to mains?
If it happens only using battery power, the WLan cuts might be related to WLan power saving.
Secondly you should test if you can use different WLan standards (802.11 A/B/G/N)
Usually you can change this in device manager -> Wlan card -> properties -> Advanced tab
Last but not least check if the issue is related to the encryption settings.
You should connect the notebook to the unsecured (open) WLan. But do that just for testing purposes.

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