Wireless card

coubury · Post by **coubury** » 2. Jun 2008, 19:40

Using ubuntu 7.10 and have xp running in VirtualBox how can i get my wireless card recognized? in VB?

Post by **stefan.becker** » 2. Jun 2008, 20:09

It depends of the model of the card. USB? PCI?

More Details please.

coubury · Post by **coubury** » 2. Jun 2008, 20:22

Edimax 7128g pci

using the ralink rt61 chipset

Post by **stefan.becker** » 2. Jun 2008, 20:26

No way for native access.

You can try a bridge => read user doc for details.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 2. Jun 2008, 21:21

Wireless and bridging is a hassle. There are ways around it for Linux, but Windows won't work as Host system. I think there was a topic about wireless bridging on the Ubuntu Forums. Try there, or use Google. Just simply creating a bridge like it says in the manual will not work because bridge-utils does not support wireless extensions.

coubury · Post by **coubury** » 2. Jun 2008, 21:42

is there anyway to reset settings in VB?

i had the internet working because i was connected in ubuntu but for some reason it isnt working now?

do i need to activate somthing?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 2. Jun 2008, 22:54

If you want internet only, all you have to set your virtual network to is NAT. Works like a charm. You might want to use the Intel/Pro1000MT card emulation instead of the PCNet. Try the PCNet first, as Windows has the drivers for it, but not for the Intel one (you need to download the drivers from the Intel site).

coubury · Post by **coubury** » 3. Jun 2008, 04:44

do you have to have an intel card?

J2R · Post by **J2R** » 5. Jun 2008, 11:45

Sasquatch wrote:Wireless and bridging is a hassle. There are ways around it for Linux, but Windows won't work as Host system. I think there was a topic about wireless bridging on the Ubuntu Forums. Try there, or use Google. Just simply creating a bridge like it says in the manual will not work because bridge-utils does not support wireless extensions.

I keep reading that wireless bridging won't work, yet it works for me, with a Vista host and Ubuntu 7.10 guest. My laptop has a Broadcom wireless adapter which I have bridged to my VirtualBox HostInterface1. I have set a static IP address for the guest - I don't know whether this is significant. This is with VB 1.5.6.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 5. Jun 2008, 23:59

coubury wrote:do you have to have an intel card?

I have an nVidia and Marvell on my PC, Realtek on my laptop and it still works. VB emulates that card for the Guest, that is all. Download the driver from the Intel site and you're good to go.

@J2R:
Then you're one lucky bastard. This shouldn't be working properly. Are you sure that you have set up a bridge and not NAT networking or ICS? ICS might actually work. I tried it, but my PC won't allow ICS somehow, guess I removed a bit too much with nLite

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J2R · Post by **J2R** » 6. Jun 2008, 14:08

Sasquatch wrote: @J2R:
Then you're one lucky bastard. This shouldn't be working properly. Are you sure that you have set up a bridge and not NAT networking or ICS? ICS might actually work. I tried it, but my PC won't allow ICS somehow, guess I removed a bit too much with nLite .

Yes, it's definitely bridged networking. I don't know what I'm doing differently, but it would be useful to know, wouldn't it? As I said, my guest OS (Ubuntu) has a static IP address (192.168.0.31), but the host OS (Vista) uses DHCP. I can ssh into 192.168.0.31 (guest OS) from other PCs on the network, so bridged networking is clearly working OK. If you want any more details, please ask. I've no desire to keep my good luck to just myself!