This is now the second time that I've had this issue. The first time I was installing and re-installing new drivers for about 2 weeks before the system just miraculously "fixed itself", that was about a month ago. Now, I'm in the same boat and frankly I hold Dell responsible for pairing itself with such a poor network adapter and it seems no one from Dell is willing to confront Intel or the issue itself.

The issue: Cannot connect to wifi. Others on my network can connect fine. No one else uses the N2230. I am on Windows 8.1 x64-bit. I have downloaded and installed the newest drivers and none of them work. I can connect to the internet via ethernet cable, but thats it. I can see the network, but when i try and connect it says "cannot connect to this network". There is no issue with the SSID because it was working one day and then it started fluttering; connecting and disconnecting, and then it just dropped it altogether. I have run diagnostics, which state the network adapter works fine. Except it doesnt. I have started it in Safe Mode w/ Networking, no dice, I have checked and double checked the fact that the wifi button is on so please refrain from asking "did you do the Fn+F2?" Yes, I have. I have disabled and re-enabled wifi more times than i care to count. I have "forgotten" my network and re-established that link, nothing, NOTHING works.

So Dell, whatcha got? I'd hate to be sending this computer back to you because there will not be a happy customer here. Ive been ordering from Dell for nearly 10 years and I would like to think that you all would go the extra mile to help a customer rather than forcing me to buy from your competitors from now on.