I know, I know, Who is going to have a wireless card even close to there data center? The answer, no one. But you may find yourself wanting to create, test, and verify VHD’s while on the road or away from the server. Hyper-V does not natively support using Wireless Cards as they are un-likely to be used in production environments, that said it is still possible.

There are three different types of virtual networks that we can utilize in Hyper-V .External which binds a physical interface to the connection to the machine can access a physical network. Internal which will create a Virtual network adapter that you use to communicate between the machines on the server and the physical machine itself. The final one which is Private which creates a network that only the machines that you select can communicate on the virtual network.

The connection type that we will be using is the “Internal” type of connection. Like I stated earlier this connection creates a network interface on the physical computer so it can communicate with the virtual machine.

Go into Hyper-V Virtual Network Manager and create a new network. We will call it STG.

Now go into “Network Connections” (Control Panel –> Network and Internet –> Network and Sharing Center –> Change Adapter Settings )

Select the virtual adapter that was created and the wireless adapter and right click “Add to Bridge” You will now see a Network bridge that displays both networks IE STG and DadderN (Home Network).

Now set the IP settings to your default gateway and other network settings.

Now you will have given outside network access to your virtual switch and you will be able to navigate outside of your lan.

If you have any problems feel free to email me at tj{at}smalltowngeeks{dot}net

TJ

Here is a Quick Guide on how to install Ubuntu.

Installation of Ubuntu

1. Download the most up to date distro of Ubuntu from : http://ubuntu.com

2. Burn ISO image to a optical media such as a DVD or CD

3. Insert disk into the server and set your boot options within the bios to boot to optical drive.

4. When the installer starts you will be presented with a prompt to choose your language, select your language.

5. Next you will see a menu with different options that you can choose to do with the disk. We want to select “Install Ubuntu”

6. Next choose your language again.

7. Now select your Time Zone and adjust the time.

8. Next select your keyboard layout.

9. Next is when you can select different partition options. In this example we are going to use the whole disk.

10. Now we must name the machine as well as setup passwords for the unit.

Tip: If on a domain make sure you stay within naming policies to save yourself some hassle later.

11. Now we are ready to install, verify your settings and click next to start the installation.

12. Ubuntu will now be installed on your system.

13. Click Login to begin.