Disconnects appear to happen every 30 minutes on a Windows 8 client over WiFi (149668)

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Title

Disconnects appear to happen every 30 minutes on a Windows 8 client over WiFi
Description

Continuous spontaneous disconnects occur in a vWorkspace environment. This occurs from multiple types of devices (Windows 8.1 laptops, Windows 8 Thin Clients, and Windows 8 Desktops). Network and Session configuration appears to be correct e.g. MTU, session timeouts but the drop out in sessions happens approximately every 30 minutes for each user, not necessarily all at the same time.
Cause

Cisco Wireless Access points by default have an 1800 second (30 min) re-authentication setting (Session Timeout), so that Wireless clients have to re-authenticate to the wireless network. This appears to cause a network drop out only on Windows 8 machines (NIC unconfirmed) which drops the RDP session. Windows 7 machines are unaffected.
Resolution

Change the Cisco Wireless Access points reauthentication setting to a longer period. For example 8 hours.
This has been brought to Microsoft's attention in a support case. No defect logged at present.