How to use wireless adapter with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
If you want Wireless to be enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2 you have to add feature called Wireless LAN service
Please follow this link to learn how.
If you are like me: trainer, you need Hyper-V server to be able to show all those new stuff to your students, and you want to have Internet access from within your virtual machines, and you are most of the time in classrooms or conference rooms only with Wireless access, you will probably be disappointed to learn that Hyper-V does not support Wireless network adapters. That might be a problem, but, believe me, it’s not a problem :-).
Don’t try to do this on your production Hyper-V servers!
The easiest way to have your virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V role installed and surf the internet using wireless adapter is to create bridge between Wireless and LAN.
Here is how to do it:
- Create External network connected to your real Network adapter in hyper-V virtual network manager (if you don’t have it already). As you may see on this picture I have Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Hyper-V Virtual Network Manager
- Now you have one additional network adapter in your network connections
Network Connections
- Create Network Bridge using Hyper-V network adapter created in step 1 and wireless adapter.(How?:Select both network connections, right click on the selection and chose Bridge Connections option in popup dialog box)
Bridge
- Now you have one more connection in your Network Connections window.
Network Connections Bridge
- In Hyper-V virtual network manager you will see new external network adapter you could use to create Hyper-V network adapters called MAC Bridge Miniport. You don’t need it !
Hyper-V virtual network manager with bridged connection
- In network settings of your virtual machine choose the network you created in step 1.
Don’t forget to connect to the wireless network 
. Here’s how it’s look like:
Hyper-V virtual machine surfing wireless
