Virtual Box Kills Wireless

lv9862 · Post by **lv9862** » 13. Feb 2009, 22:56

Vista 32 Host
Ubuntu guest

When I start virtual box without even starting guest I loose my wireless connection.

Would appreciate any help am new to this.

Lee

Post by **vbox4me2** » 13. Feb 2009, 23:03

Most likely an old wifi driver, had the same thing, updated the driver, problem gone.

lv9862 · Post by **lv9862** » 13. Feb 2009, 23:05

think i have most up to date driver

Post by **vbox4me2** » 13. Feb 2009, 23:08

Don't think or assume, verify!

lv9862 · Post by **lv9862** » 13. Feb 2009, 23:24

went to control panel, devices, checked driver. said was up to date. the problem is that i do not know if that is the best way to check the driver.

Lee

Post by **vbox4me2** » 13. Feb 2009, 23:44

Find out what type of wireless adapter you have, then the version of the driver currently in use, then locate the website of who makes the driver and check there for the latest version.

gary_si · Post by **gary_si** » 14. Feb 2009, 18:00

I have a similar problem. Installed VB and wireless performance dropped. Was able to get 10Mb/s download before VB, dropped to 3Mb/s after install. Updated wireless drivers (Broadcom) with no improvement. Installed on another laptop (Intel 5100 wireless device), and same results. Internet speed dropped to 3Mb/s. Removed VB and speed returned.

Post by **vbox4me2** » 14. Feb 2009, 18:53

It might also be a combination with the latest VB version, what I had was with 2.06 and solved with a newer wifi driver.

lv9862 · Post by **lv9862** » 16. Feb 2009, 02:46

Updated my driver and changed to older driver nothing helped.

Changed the firmware on my router, did not help.

Attempted to install older version of VB but would not install properly.

Have most current version installed now and am surfing on guest through ethernet.

Lee

Post by **vbox4me2** » 16. Feb 2009, 12:16

If you go thru the buglist, there are problems listed with wifi, so its not that odd for some it doesn't work.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 19. Feb 2009, 15:21

New 2.1.4 should have a lot of fixes, for HIF too.

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Virtual Box Kills Wireless

Virtual Box Kills Wireless

tried updating wireless driver no luck