My Wireles Broadband Adapter NOT in Bridged Adapters List

[Tharindu]

Hi Friends,
I'm new to here, and came to solve little problem i've.
I just Planned to test YFi Hotspot on Virtual Box >

I've WAN Connection through my tablets internal Wireless Modem (HP un2420 Wireless Broadband Modem)

But to configure VirtualBox as instructions above; There's no my un2420 device on Network adaptors list in VirtualBox Settings
There's only My LAN, WiFI and Microsoft Virtual Mini-port Adapter under Bridged Adapter

I've installed VirtualBox-4.2.6-82870

Can anyone give me some clue to solve this?

Cheers

[Tharindu]

Friends
For the tutorial i follow; Please Google for " Running YFi Hotspot Manager on Windows "
I can't post links as i'm just new:

[mpack]

You will not find a wireless adapter in the list of NIC types because VBox always simulates a wired LAN, never wireless. The simulated wired lan can be used in NAT mode or bridged to a host NIC, whether that host NIC is wired or wireless.

If your device doesn't show up in the list of host NICs for bridging purposes then I can only assume that it doesn't present a NIC like interface, and hence the VBox NIC filter can't be used with it. I don't know how that could be solved. Is there some reason why you can't use NAT mode?

[Tharindu]

Thank you for helping me.
I just followed tutorial i had! So what are the deference between Bridge & NAT modes? If i use 1st Adapter as NAT will that adapter use my internet connection with it?
If yes, Then i think i i can use NAT mode to 1st adapter that will work as YFi Hostspots WAN adapter

[mpack]

NAT just uses the hosts internet connection - whatever that is. In NAT mode you can send messages and receive replies, but you don't receive any messages that are not replies, because the switch that chooses the VM or the host has no way to know it's intended for the VM. NAT is good for basic internet browsing etc, but cannot be used to implement anything complex like an email server. NAT only requires that the host have an internet connection.

[Tharindu]

NAT just uses the hosts internet connection - whatever that is. In NAT mode you can send messages and receive replies, but you don't receive any messages that are not replies, because the switch that chooses the VM or the host has no way to know it's intended for the VM. NAT is good for basic internet browsing etc, but cannot be used to implement anything complex like an email server. NAT only requires that the host have an internet connection.

Thanks!,
I saw that tutorial says " Adapter 1 should be the interface you connect with to the Internet and it should be bridged (NOT NAT which is the default). In this sample (a Dell laptop) we use the Wi-Fi interface to connect to the Internet). "

So isn't there any luck to use Wireless Broadband Modem Connection as Adapter 1 in Bridged Mode? Coz I've Internet connection through Inbuilt un2420 HSPA Modem!

[mpack]

I'm using bridged networking with a wireless (802.11) host NIC right now, there is no problem with that. What I can't tell you for sure is that VBox can bridge to any wireless device, as some of those are modems, not NICs. I.e. they are cellphone connections, not LAN connections. I have no experience with bridging to a cellphone, I certainly wouldn't assume it looks the same as a NIC.

You have not said what you are attempting to do, therefore I can't comment on whether you really need bridged networking. As I mentioned above, NAT is fine for basic internet browsing.

[Tharindu]

I'm using bridged networking with a wireless (802.11) host NIC right now, there is no problem with that. What I can't tell you for sure is that VBox can bridge to any wireless device, as some of those are modems, not NICs. I.e. they are cellphone connections, not LAN connections. I have no experience with bridging to a cellphone, I certainly wouldn't assume it looks the same as a NIC.

You have not said what you are attempting to do, therefore I can't comment on whether you really need bridged networking. As I mentioned above, NAT is fine for basic internet browsing.

Thank you!
Yes Friend , this is Wireless Broadband Modem Device that will use GSM Network
I'm going to setup wifi hot spot using YFi on Virtual Linux Host. So it need two NIC's for WAN and AP. YFi requires both adapters in Bridged mode; But i can't see My Modem in bridge mode. That's the problem. Adapter 2 is working fine, there i can select my exsisting WiFI AP device

Thanks

[mpack]

I can't add much to what I said earlier. VirtualBox provides the ability to bridge to a wired or wireless NIC. VirtualBox may not be able to bridge to devices which are not NICs. I do not have your cellphone device here for inspection so can't tell if your device exposes a NIC style interface or not (I'm sure my one does, I'll try to remember to check that tonight). If there is no NIC interface then, as far as I know at least, VirtualBox can't use it and nothing can be done.

[BillG]

Have a look at the properties of the wireless device from the host OS. Does it have an entry for VirtualBox Bridged Network Driver? Is the box before it checked? If the entry is not there or the box is not checked the device will not show up in your list of adapters available for bridging.

[mpack]

I tried bridging to a broadband cellphone dongle this morning at home: no problem. "ipconfig" also lists it as an ethernet adapter. Do check that and what Bill said.