Wireless networking issuses

[whizkidtoo]

Hi im kinda new to the virtual machine world and was wondering why my wireless internet connection gets screwed up each time i open Vbox. i have local access but no internet and im forced to restart my host pc to get the connection fixed is there something i did wrong with virtual box? im running 2.22 on vista and i dont even have to boot a virtual os for this issue to occur.

[Perryg]

Reinstall VBox as administrator and select the repair function.

[whizkidtoo]

i am an administrator

[Perryg]

Not the point. Right click on the install icon and left click install as administrator. Select the repair function.

[whizkidtoo]

i reinstall again just to be sure and it still is screwed up

[Perryg]

When you reinstalled and selected repair did you see drivers being loaded, and did you need to answer to any questions? Also at the end of the repair did it ask you to reboot?

[whizkidtoo]

yes i saw the drivers load no there were no questions and no i did not get asked to reboot

[Perryg]

Very strange. Windows always asks you to reboot when you install device drivers.
Try uninstalling the guest additions and see if you get your wireless card back.
Let me know.

[whizkidtoo]

if i simply restartthe pc after runnng Vbox it works just fine but as soon as i open up vbox no internet
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[vbox4me2]

Check on the website of who made the wifi drivers if there is a newer version.

[whizkidtoo]

still didnt work and just to be cleaer the host AND the guest do not have a connection to the internet

[vbox4me2]

Check the event logs, maybe there's some related error message, or try vbox 2.1.4

[whizkidtoo]

i dont get it though, i can get it to work perfectly with xp. but my vists machine is what i need speed wise

[vbox4me2]

It can be a number of things, obviously the vbox network driver is doing something weird, I think you have some options when installing vbox with regard to network components you could try.