How to enable Wireless Networking on Windows Server 2008 R2

Cesar de la Torre [MSFT] 

10 Apr 2011 1:29 PM 

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Just for my reminding, as I always forget these steps:

By default, WiFi connection is disabled in Windows Server 2008 R2, kind of "locked down", for security reasons (Windows Server is supposed to be running on a server, not in a PC).

But in my case, I run Windows Server 2008 R2 on my laptop (HP Elitebook 8540w), so...

To enable support for wireless networking:

• Open Server Manager
• Select Features in the left pane
• Select Add Features
• Select the check box next to Wireless LAN Service
• Press the Install button to confirm your selection

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cesardelatorre/archive/2011/04/10/how-to-enable-wireless-networking-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

Tips & Tricks : Enabling Wireless Network in Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition

  - SKufel

Posted by SKufel on Mar 15, 2013 in Infrastructure, Network, PowerShell, Windows,Windows Server 2012, Wireless | 7 comments

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If you want to use Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on workstation/laptop (sometimes it is handy to have mobile workstation with server operating system) you might experience issues with wireless networking. Even if driver for wireless network adapter is installed you might not be able to connect to any wi-fi network.

In order to use wireless in Windows Server 2012 Datacenter additional feature has to be installed: Wireless LAN Service. This can be installed from PowerShell prompt using add-windowsfeature wireless-networking command, as shown on screenshot below:

Once installed and server rebooted make sure that WLAN AutoConfig service is started, as shown on screenshot below: