Virtual Box Guest Is Not Showing Captured Wifi Device In Terminal When Command "lsusb" Is Entered

[Mickyel]

Hello,

I am attempting to follow the instructions listed on this website:
can't post urls, if you google "hightech lowlife alfa kali virtual box" it will be the first link!

i have reached this part:

"Once Kali has rebooted, plug in your AWUS036ACH and connect it to your VirtualBox instance
Ensure that USB device is recognized via lsusb
It should appear in a line similar to Bus xxx Device xxx: ID xxxx:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter"

Virtualbox shows that the device has been "captured"

however, kali the guest os says as follows when i type in "lsusb":

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root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

help would be appreciated as always, thank you!

[socratis]

I am attempting to follow the instructions listed on this website:

Actually there's a more "generic" FAQ about USB. Please read the following thread: USB basics and troubleshooting, all of the posts. If you still have a problem after reading through the whole thing, please follow the advice of the last post, #8: Asking for help and post the information requested.

I also have the feeling that this device is a USB3 one, is this correct? The information that you post, if you don't solve it, will tell us all the details.

[Mickyel]

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root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@kali:~# 

thanks! i needed to create a filter(a blank one worked because the device appeared as a composite), i also enabled usb3, thanks1

[socratis]

a blank one worked because the device appeared as a composite

Try to find any common denominator for the way that the device presents itself, and use that. For example I had an older C2-05 Nokia phone, which was presenting itself in 3 modes:

vendorId=0421   productId=0576    "Data Trasfer" 
vendorId=0421   productId=0577    "Nokia Suite" 
vendorId=0421   productId=0578    "Media access"

and these were the filters that I created. If they were more, I'd simply only include "vendorId=0421" (that's Nokia), so everything Nokia would be captured. Only.

A blank filter can be a dangerous thing. You might start losing peripherals, including mouse, keyboard, etc. Try to restrict it somehow...

[Mickyel]

Ok, i have done that, thanks!