Comments on: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN on a Dell D830 running Windows Server 2008 EE x64

By: gld

gld — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:52:07 +0000

Hey thanks for info on same problem …
i have toshiba satellite pro a200 with intel 4965agn wlan card
and also card ..erh..device is working ok but doesnt get any signal from access point.
First i check does it have Wirelless zero config…i services but this is 2008 srv r2 x64 so it doesnt so i get on gooooogle and fine this page..
Thanks to you and Michael

Gld

By: Enrico - Sydney SEO

Enrico - Sydney SEO — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:21:02 +0000

Michael’s Wireless Lan feature did the trick for me on Dell XPS M1330 and Windows Server 2008. Thanks!

By: peyman

peyman — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:16:23 +0000

That was so perfect man!
I have been looking for it couple of hours and finally Oops!
Thanks Again

By: Brad Molloy

Brad Molloy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:52:41 +0000

Michael, I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent trying to get the Intel wireless 4965agn working with Server 2008 on my DELL M1730 XPS laptop…but it was alot!! I started on this problem nearly 18 months ago and had almost given up. Today on boxing day, I finally have the time to try again and stumble upon Wade’s blog and your comments. After adding the Wireless LAN feature, I could suddenly see my wireless network, connect to it and access the net!!! All my icons are working correctly and everything works beautifully. You’ve done me a real favour. Thankyou Thankyou.

By: Trent Foley

Trent Foley — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:29:49 +0000

You saved me a ton of time. Thanks!

By: Clayton Cobb

Clayton Cobb — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:09:30 +0000

Michael, thank you very much for that info, because my driver was fine, but I couldn’t see any networks. Installing that feature worked immediately without any other changes except telling my setup to point to my wireless network with the associated key.

One strange thing is that in my task bar, it shows a red X as if I am not connected, but it definitely is. I have disconnected my Ethernet, so I wonder if that’s why. If I roll over the red X, it shows the name of my wireless network and says I have Internet Access. Hmm.

By: Michael Benadiba

Michael Benadiba — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:41:56 +0000

Thanks for this post. I am actually preparing a Dell Latitude E6500 with Windows Server 2008 to demo an on-demand ecommerce platform at a trade show. I installed the Intel WiFi Link drivers and Wireless would still not work on this laptop. What I found was that in Windows Server 2008, you need to add the Feature called “Wireless LAN Service” in addition to adding the Intel WiFi NIC Drivers.

The Wireless LAN Service installs the Wireless AutoConfig service which is essential for any WiFi driver to work in Windows Server 2008. Without the Wireless LAN Service feature being installed, the driver itself does not work. I was able to install this feature and wifi started working immediately, i did not need to remove the WiFi drivers and reinstall after installing this feature.

I was able to download the Windows Vista x64 driver and use it on Windows Server 2008 x64 and now it works like a charm!

Cheers,
Michael.