My PC is running Windows 8.1 Pro.
I'd been having problems for a while with my wireless network at home, so i decided to buy a new router. The router is the DSL-N55U from Asus.
This router was working great with every device i have(Notebook, iPad, cellphone etc) but my desktop PC.
The problem started back when i had the old router and it was a stability problem, the connection would stay up only for a few minutes or so, then it'd become limited and Troubleshooting would give you the "DNS server not responding" answer.
With the new router the problem persisted, kinda. The gaps between one fall and the other were noticeably larger and it wouldn't give me the "Limited Connection" warning, it'd just stop working.
But after only 2 days with the new router my PC's wireless connection stopped working completely. Now it's always limited and troubleshooting gives me another error: "Windows couldn't automatically detect this network's proxy settings".
I tried every solution online, restore modem to factory settings, netsh winsock(ipv4/v6 etc) reset doesn't work, already tried the registry trick to make netsh reset work in win 8.1 but none would make my connection work. So i attempted the last solution which was to replace the adapter.
I bought a Asus N13 N300, but the problem persisted, updated the driver, problem persists.
I'm completely out of ideas.
EDIT: I noticed something new, although my average wireless signal is of two bars, this non-working connection goes up to 5 bars! And that's not even the weirder part, because at first it could be the new router and adapter etc... But running the Asus wireless scanner utility, the signal is of 1 bar 2 bar max. So i went to the wireless properties again and it's showing a 1Mbps of effective signal strength speed with no access to internet(which is really slow since it should be 54Mbps minimum).
EDIT 2: See answer...