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Allowing Windows 8.1 Hyper-V VM To Work With Wifi

April 17, 2014 by Rowell Dionicio 8 Comments

I couldn’t get the virtual switch to work with my wifi adapter if my life depended on it. Figured out there was some issue, which I still haven’t found the real reason why, that prevented Hyper-V from using the wifi adapter in the virtual switch.

The workaround is to create an Internal virtual switch and then set your wifi adapter to share the connection with the virtual adapter that is created. Take a look:
In Virtual Switch Manager, create an Internal network virtual switch

Hyper-V Virtual Switch
Creating a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V

 

Open the Properties of your wireless adapter
Properties of Wireless Adapter in Windows 8
Click on the Sharing tab and enable “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection” and from the drop down menu select the virtual switch you created.

Wifi Properties in Windows 8
Select the Virtual Switch to share this interface
There you have it. Internet for your Windows 8.1 Hyper-V virtual machine through your laptop’s wireless adapter.

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Filed Under: Microsoft Tagged With: hyper-v, windows 8.1

About Rowell Dionicio

I am Rowell Dionicio, expert in helping companies improve Wi-Fi performance, reliability, and efficiency. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.

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