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Asked: 2013-06-14 00:59:02 +0800 CST

Hyper-V: How to recognize newly added LAN card?

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Yesterday I've installed Hyper-V 2012 and I've forgotten to plug Intel LAN card. Hyper-V has detected built-in Atheros LAN device. Now how can I install the external LAN card automatically? Should I use pnputil and driver CD?

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    Yes, use pnputil. Specifically:

    pnputil -i -a drivername.inf

    This will bring your NIC on line. Then you'll want to create a virtual switch on top of it.

    You also could have installed the drivers off-line with dism.exe, if you wanted to inject the driver into the Hyper-V image before installing it on a machine.

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