

Any active network connections are interrupted and/or fail - think file transmissions, interrupted video streams, degraded skype calls, etc.

The network's icon in the control panel becomes greyed out with a red X and the label says "Network cable unplugged".

The issue manifests as the network connection becoming unavailable for a few seconds (3-5) and coming back online. I began having intermittent wired network connection issues after upgrading to Windows 8.1, and they seem to be getting worse.
