Route through USB Hub to Windows Guest
Posted: 4. Feb 2009, 13:10
Hi,
I recently installed VirtualBox-2.1 on Debian GNU/Linux to run a control software for a communications receiver only available for Windows. The receiver is connected via USB and seen by Windows as USB Hub with two devices connected. The problem is, in VirtualBox I can connect those two devices to the guest system, but the software doesn't recognize the receiver, since it's looking for the hub device, which isn't present in the guest system.
Seen from Windows (XP) on physical machine:
=> works fine
Seen from Windows (XP) in VirtualBox:
=> Software doesn't find the receiver.
Is there any possibility to provide the USB-Hub-Device to the guest system so the software will find the receiver?
Thanks in advance!
I recently installed VirtualBox-2.1 on Debian GNU/Linux to run a control software for a communications receiver only available for Windows. The receiver is connected via USB and seen by Windows as USB Hub with two devices connected. The problem is, in VirtualBox I can connect those two devices to the guest system, but the software doesn't recognize the receiver, since it's looking for the hub device, which isn't present in the guest system.
Seen from Windows (XP) on physical machine:
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USB-Root-HUB
|-USB-Hub-Device
|-Device A
|-Device BSeen from Windows (XP) in VirtualBox:
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USB-Root-HUB
|-Device A
|-Device BIs there any possibility to provide the USB-Hub-Device to the guest system so the software will find the receiver?
Thanks in advance!