I needed as cheap as possible replacement for an integrated NIC recently, so I've decided to add a TP-LINK TF-3239DL to that (non-production) rig.
The chipset it's based on is a (quite old) 10/100 Mbps Realtek RTL8139D - and it obviously isn't supported out-of-the-box as a PnP device under Hyper-V Server 2012 R2.
In the next couple of lines I'll therefore describe the installation procedure which should also work with any other piece of hardware (under the circumstances):
- download the driver (the version that worked for me is 6.109.530.2008) and transfer it to your Hyper-V installation drive or any other drive accessible to it
- once you get to your Hyper-V (sconfig) menu, exit to the CLI (by entering 14)
- in the CLI go to the driver location folder (where the .inf file is located) and issue the following command: pnputil -a <driverName.inf> (if the driver has been installed successfully, you should see an appropriate message)
- if the newly installed NIC (or other piece of hardware) isn't accessible yet, the host should eventually be restarted.