Cannot connect wifi adapter AWUS036ACS to virtual machine

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stopthepain
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Cannot connect wifi adapter AWUS036ACS to virtual machine

Post by stopthepain »

Hello,

My AWUS036ACS wifi adapter is not being shown on virtual machine's Device > USB menu.

I am using VirtualBox 6.1.38 with its extension pack installed.

On virtual machine's USB settings, I tried setting it to USB 2.0 and 3.0, reconnected the adapter on different USB ports while the virtual machine was turned on.

I have also tried to add a USB filter, but nothing seems to work.

Could someone please help?
mpack
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Re: Cannot connect wifi adapter AWUS036ACS to virtual machine

Post by mpack »

Please provide a VM log file. Make sure the VM is fully shut down, then right click it in the manager UI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.
stopthepain
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Re: Cannot connect wifi adapter AWUS036ACS to virtual machine

Post by stopthepain »

mpack,

Thank you for your reply.

Please find attached the zipped VBox.log.
Kali-2023-03-29-23-22-54.log.zip
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scottgus1
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Re: Cannot connect wifi adapter AWUS036ACS to virtual machine

Post by scottgus1 »

This attached log does not show the USB device entering the VM.

Carefully go through USB basics and troubleshooting. If you finish all the steps 1-7 and cannot get your USB device into the guest OS, carefully post the outputs of the commands in step 8 as text, not screenshots. Zip and post the logs step 8 call for, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
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