Wireless adapter detected with Kali Linux but NOT with Beini

[scriline]

Hello guys !

Simple question but something is disturbing me... I lately bought a wireless adapter you know something basic, I enabled it on an already existing kali linux virtual computer and it worked perfectly, I could connect to wifi from linux, etc... But then, when I put the Beini CD in my computer and restart the linux computer ( from linux itself ) and then press f12 to access the beini interface, well my wireless adapter is no longer detected, while it is the same virtual machine...
This is puzzling !
My principal OS is Windows, have you got any idea where the problem can come from ?

Thanks a lot !

[socratis]

well my wireless adapter is no longer detected

Does Beini have drivers for it?

[scriline]

Hmmmm I have to admit that I don't know... How could I check ?

thanks for your help

[socratis]

I downloaded Beini (that's from 2013, right?) and I'm going to try it. I highly doubt that it's going to have drivers for my USB WiFi adapter, but we'll see.

If you don't hear from me in a day or two, bump the thread please...

[scriline]

Honestly I don't know, a friend of mine gave a CD on which we read Beini so I don't know the year but the interface looks very old school so that's probable !
Thank you very much

[socratis]

Well, I tried my USB-to-WiFi adapter and it is indeed captured by the Beini CD, and it shows in the output of 'lsusb'. I didn't know what to do with it after that, but that's not the point...

[scriline]

Well you're lucky ! when I type lsusb there's absolutely nothing... What is your wifi adapter ?

But thanks you very much

[socratis]

I don't think it has to do with the WiFi adapter. At all actually. It could be any USB device for all the VM cares. I think it's time to take a look at the USB basics and troubleshooting, #8: Asking for help post.

There are some info there that are requested from you. Post them. I'll post mine for comparison, but I'll chop them for for brevity alone; as you can see I have 24 USB filters, you don't want to go though all of them. You on the other hand, should post yours whole, no chopping...

$ VBoxManage -version
5.2.20r125813

$ VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      5.2.20
Revision:     125813
Edition:      
Description:  USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true 
Why unusable:

$ VBoxManage list usbhost
Host USB Devices:
UUID:               030362b2-3a74-4c58-a729-168ec9676300
VendorId:           0x0bda (0BDA)
ProductId:          0x8179 (8179)
Revision:           0.0 (0000)
Port:               4
USB version/speed:  0/High
Manufacturer:       Realtek
Product:            802.11n NIC
Address:            p=0x8179;v=0x0bda;s=0x0002f6ab3278d2f4;l=0x14140000
Current State:      Available

$ VBoxManage showvminfo "_LiveCDs"
Name:            _LiveCDs
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Other Linux (64-bit)
...
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
IDE (0, 0): /Users/socratis/Desktop/Beini 1.2.5.iso (UUID: 26f2b762-ce9b-4a21-8b73-21d3449f1a0e)
...
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled
XHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:
...
Index:            23
Active:           yes
Name:             WiFi: Realtek 802.11n
VendorId:         0bda
ProductId:        8179
Revision:         
Manufacturer:     
Product:          
Remote:           0
Serial Number:

[socratis]

Oops, I forgot the attach/detach the USB procedure from the VBox.log...

...
00:01:16.088232 VUSB: Attached '00007f853451b260[proxy 0bda:8179]' to port 1 on RootHub#0 (HighSpeed)
00:01:24.061817 VUSB: Detached '00007f853451b260[proxy 0bda:8179]' from port 1 on RootHub#0
...

And from inside the Beini VM:

tc@box:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0436:5115 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCR335 SmartCard Reader    <-- No clue what this is
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 80ee:0021

Attach the USB-WiFi adapter...
tc@box:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8170 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0436:5115 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCR335 SmartCard Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 80ee:0021

Detach the USB-WiFi adapter...
tc@box:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0436:5115 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCR335 SmartCard Reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 80ee:0021