USB Wifi adapter not detecting networks in any guest using W10 as host

[ingenier0]

Hello everybody,

I have this problem and im unable to find a solution for it. I have a USB wifi adapter that i want to use in my virtual machines. The USB is recognised in the guest, because i can see that there is a wlan0 and also it recognises the drivers. The probem is that it doesnt find any network. It works perfectly in the W10 host and finds all the networks around.

I remember that 2 years ago this same USB wifi adapter worked in some Linus guests, but not now. Im trying to make it work in Kali and Parrot OS.

I tried to download patchs, drivers, and all i can do (i dont have a lot of experience with linux, but i think the problem is somthing with VirtualBox) but i cant make it work.

The USB wifi adapter is a NetWay581.

Thank you and sorry for my bad english

[socratis]

The USB is recognised in the guest, because i can see that there is a wlan0 and also it recognises the drivers.

Then VirtualBox is working as it should. Look elsewhere for your problem. Just because an OS/program that runs in the context of VirtualBox has a problem, it doesn't make it a VirtualBox problem necessarily. You're having an issue that has most probably nothing to do with VirtualBox, so my suggestion would be to treat it as such, as a native problem with the OS, the hardware or the application of the guest.

[ingenier0]

The problem is that it doesnt work in any virtual machine, in any OS, so its not an OS problem cause it doesnt work also in a W10 guest, and the adaper works in the host, so its not a problem in the adapter.

[socratis]

Let me repeat it once more: if the USB adapter is seen and recognized from the guest, then your networking problem is not a VirtualBox problem.