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  • Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:21 PM
     
     
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    I installed the driver for my Linksys WUSB11 ver 2.6 without any problems, and the system sees it, but it fails to find any wireless networks...is there anyway to fix this or do I need a new wireless router?
     

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  • Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:36 PM
     
     
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    Does this only happen on Windows Server 2008 ? Or does it also happen on for example Windows XP?
    The drivers might not be compatible yet with Windows Server 2008.
     
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:58 PM
     
     
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    It does work on my XP (same computer in fact, 2 hard drives). I assume its driver compatibility issues, Linksys does not have nor plans to make Vista drivers for this device though, but I was hoping because it did install and it recognizes it that there was a way around it.

    Edit: I may have found the problem, network discovery is off but I can't turn it on (I click the radio button to turn it on, hit apply, and it stays off).
     
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:30 PM
     
     
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    I doubt this is related to network discovery.

    A brief description of network discovery:

    Network discovery is a network setting that does the following:

    Affects whether other computers and devices on the network are "visible" from your computer and whether other computers on the network can "see" your computer.

    Affects whether you can access shared devices and files on other computers on the network and whether people using other computers on the network can access shared devices and files on your computer.

    Helps provide the right level of security and access to your computer, based on the network location of the networks that you connect to.

    However you can enable it by clicking customize in the Network and sharing center and changing the location type to "Private".

    Btw, are you using Linksys utilities or did you just install the driver from the device manager?
     
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:38 PM
     
     
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    I used the linksys ones, device manager couldn't figure out what it was. (but I did use the device manager's wizard to install the linksys drivers)
     
  • Friday, June 29, 2007 4:03 PM
     
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    Wireless networking support is not installed by default on Win 2008 Server.  You need to  go to: Server Manager -> Add Features -> Wireless Networking.

     

    Regards... JD

     
  • Monday, July 02, 2007 11:04 PM
     
     
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    Ahh that got it...thank you! And I almost went out and spent $60 on a new adapter..(ok I did but that didn't work either so I returned it...)
     
  • Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:25 PM
     
     
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    I  met the same problem

     

     
  • Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:10 AM
     
     
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    ThabK you so much
    I really busted my head to figure this one
    Just Add the Feature "Wireless LAN Service"
     
  • Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:48 PM
     
     
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    where is the 'server manager'?
     
  • Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:33 AM
     
     
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    Wireless networking support is not installed by default on Win 2008 Server.

    If i want to  enable wireless networking on windows 2008 core server.

    How can  i do?

    Thank you.

     
  • Monday, July 23, 2012 9:17 PM
     
     
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    click start, right-click computer and left-click manage, or use the search bar under start menu to get the server manager
     
  • Monday, July 23, 2012 9:22 PM
     
     
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    install Wireless LAN Service under the features section of the server manager