How to Install Drivers for the Intel 82579V NIC
If you have one of the new Z77 motherboards with an Intel 82579V NIC then the LAN driver will fail when you try to install it on Server 2008-R2 and WHS 2011. Thankfully there is a workaround which involves editing the inf file.
Joe_Miner explains how to perform this task to get your network/internet working with your Intel NIC.
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