Starting VirtualBox breaks host network adapter

[zorko]

Something strange is happenning: just by starting VirtualBox, without running any virtual machine, my wireless network adapter stops working.

If I run ipconfig/all, everything looks exactly the same but the interface is no longer working.

If I keep VirtualBox running and reset the interface by doing:

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netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection" disabled

followed by

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netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection" enabled

network connections work form both the host and the guest.

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium as the host and VirtualBox 1.5.2

Any ideas?

[Technologov]

zorko: complete mystery.

I would try to upgrade WiFi drivers first.

[zorko]

Windows Upgrade upgraded the driver to a newer version just yesterday. Same problem.

I imagine that VirtualBox must be doing lots of messy things to get guest machines to run in the host, but still breaking the host network connection without even running a virtual machine seems to me quite wrong.

[jinchoung]

i was hoping there would be a solution here...

same thing with me.

i'm running winxp sp3 as a host with a belkin usb2 wifi dongle.

as soon as i start virtual box 1.62, my network connection drops. it seems like vbox is interfering with the wifi driver somehow.

isn't there any kind of configuration thing i can work out to avoid this conflict?
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after closing vbox, i can repair the connection and my wifi comes back... but this is kind of a big deal. HELP!

jin

p.s. otherwise though, virtualbox is AMAZING! i tried qemu and even with the kqemu virtualization accelerator, it was very finicky... the mouse moved haltingly and it seemed that the guest app would free for a second or two every now and then. it was i'd say 95% functional but it was just irritating enough to make the thing basicaly unusable.

but virtual box flies like a champ! i actually can't believe how well this works and i can't believe i didn't know about it until now!

thanks to sun micro and everyone who helps make this happen. AMAZING!

[Kurt]

I am having the same issue. Has there been any movement on finding a cause? My wi-fi just stops working when Virtualbox is even run. If I disconnect and try to reconnect, Windows says it gets no reply from the access point.

Has there been any success determining what is causing this?

[Dest]

What mode is your NIC set to for your guest machines?

I use Wireless all the time w/ mine and have no issues...

[quicky]

While waiting for a real solution, I think a little .bat should do it with :

netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection" disabled
netsh interface set interface "Wireless Network Connection" enabled