Comments on: Enable Wireless Networking

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:57:49 +0000

Thank you, was going nuts trying to figure out why I could not get wireless connection!

By: Chris402

Chris402 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:34 +0000

If you trying to use your wireless and the drivers are installed but network discovery will not turn on or you cannot see any networks, simply start the service. You may want to set it to auto-start.

By: Cael

Cael — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:52:07 +0000

What a great post!

I have a intel 4965 a/g/n and it was not working. I will test it tonight and let you know the result

Hope it works

By: Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation! | What’s UP

Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation! | What’s UP — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:30:47 +0000

[...] Wireless Networking: (If you don’t use wireless, skip this step) Enable wireless networking in Windows Server [...]

By: sindre

sindre — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:55:40 +0000

I cant turn on my wireless network card after i installed windows server 2008 :/

Anyone know what to do?

By: LizWiz

LizWiz — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:42:51 +0000

This documentation was very helpful, and after following this post, I was able to go wireless. One thing to everyone, after following the steps of installing other features and restarting, you need to install the wireless driver in order to make it work. Installing server features only installs the controllers to make the wireless adapters work.

By: Wireless network

Wireless network — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:08:28 +0000

It’s very easy there are some step to enable wireless network
1. Open the Windows Control Panel. Control Panel can be found on the Windows Start Menu.

2. Open the “Network Connections” icon in Control Panel. The Control Panel will refresh to become the “Network Connections” window. If necessary, first open the “Network and Internet Connections” icon in Control panel, then choose “Network Connections” from within that screen.

3. The Network Connections window lists all Dial-up and LAN / High-Speed Internet connections installed. In the list of LAN / High Speed Internet connections, select the icon that corresponds to the network you wish to enable or disable.

4. Right-click on the selected network connection. A pop-up menu appears. If the connection is currently enabled, the first option in this menu will be “Disable.” Otherwise, the first menu option will be “Enable.”

5. Select this first menu option to alternately disable or enable the connection.

6. Close the Network Connections / Control Panel window when finished.

HAve a good Luck!

By: Janusz

Janusz — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:45:50 +0000

Thank you for this guide it helped me a lot.

Arris: You’re welcome. I’m glad you like it!

By: Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation | JASMIN

Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation | JASMIN — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:46:01 +0000

[...] Wireless Networking: (If you don’t use wireless, skip this step) Enable wireless networking in Windows Server [...]

By: Johny

Johny — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:02:09 +0000

Tnx you solved my misery! Greetings from Croatia

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:25:12 +0000

Hi, from last year I’m trying to install win2008 server in this laptop: Nascar Cisnet 2000 (it’s like a Aopen 2000)
the wlan card: Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
this laptop has a botton next to another two next to the power one. The wlan card looks well installed but when I press the button nothing happen, it’s like it can not be turned on. In the Broadcom Utility the Radio looks enabled in a tab and disabled in anotherone. I’m using the drivers from the laptop cd. I was trying all what I found in the internet but nothing works. Some help would be good…
Thanks..

By: JuICE

JuICE — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:15:33 +0000

Thanks a ton for this!!! i started searching for a compatible wifi card as the one i had kept failing on installation… i managed to get it installed but i couldn’t detect any wifi networks.
Server 2008 is going to convert a lot of xp/vista users!
Thanks again!

By: ToPa

ToPa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:28:18 +0000

Hi all,
I have problem with my network. Everything was working OK. Afted server update my network is not working. All my network cards seems to be OK, drivers are OK. But if I put cable to my network card it say “not connected” with the red cross. Wireless have the same problem. I am connected but with “limited access”. Could anyone help with this?
As I say, before server update all networks work great.
Thanks

By: Ao

Ao — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:14:07 +0000

hellow, i'm beginer in win server stuff... when i was using XP on my laptop i was able to create my laptop a wireless AP or router (for internet)... with wep or wpa (don;t remember). In serv 2k8 i don't figure it out how to do this... i was google'it but... nothing. any ideas? 10x Arris: I think you used the ad hoc option. You should find it somewhere in the Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel.

By: Randy Crundwell

Randy Crundwell — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:36:30 +0000

Thank you so much for this post. I just installed Server 2008 onto a new Dell laptop and could not get the wireless to function. Of course Dell was of no use whatever as they know nothing about Server 2008! This simple fix was the answer to my issue – so glad that I found it – thanks to Google for another IT Save!

By: italy

italy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:40:47 +0000

I have a wireless adapter dlink g132, when I tried the windows server 2008 for the first I managed to install the driver Dlink correctly and i could use the Wi-Fi connections, but now that I have reinstalled windows server 2008 and I have reinstalled the drivers Dlink not find any connection.
can somebody help me

By: dv7-1135nr

dv7-1135nr — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:40:41 +0000

I have an HP dv7-1135nr laptop; when I installed win server 08 ent x64, it didn’t recognize the driver at startup and wireless LAN couldn’t detect the wireless adapter after enabling it. However, win server 08 installer kept my Vista Home installation folder under c:\windows.old.

The fastest and most efficient solution to loading all the drivers that came pre-installed with my laptop goes like this:
1. Open Device Manager
2. Right-click on each yellow-iconed device and select update driver
3. Select to browse your computer (as opposed to online)
4. Point the path to c:\windows.old\windows\system32 and the pre-installed drivers would be found and installed automatically (from system32\drivers folder, though specifying system32 is safer in case \DriverStore is needed).

I did this for webcam, wireless adapter, Radeon ATI video, and much more. Works perfectly.

By: sam0

sam0 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:16:37 +0000

I have an LG e500 laptop. i followed the instructions and enabled wlan support (i checked it on features). But the system doesnt recognize my wifi card (atheros ar5007g). Drivers are properly installed, but windows only sees my LAN and bluetooth connections. Could somebody shed some light in my problem? Any clues will be fully appretiated.

By: vid

vid — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:37:58 +0000

TP-Link (Atheros based) wireless cards work as a charm! … with vista drivers

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:43:22 +0000

I’m having difficulties using Server Manager. Every time I try to load the program to enable wireless networking, the program crashes showing this:
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Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: mmc.exe
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 47918d09
Problem Signature 04: Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager
Problem Signature 05: 6.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4791a748
Problem Signature 07: 1f26
Problem Signature 08: 1f
Problem Signature 09: System.NullReferenceException
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

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Anyone know why this is happening? And how to fix it?

Arris: I suggest to ask your question at the Microsoft Technet Forums.