USB Wifi Stops Working
Posted: 18. Feb 2016, 01:01
What I'm trying to do:
I am attempting to run a continuous ping as a proof of concept for a larger project
Overview of how I'm trying to do it:
I have a machine running in VirtualBox.
To this machine I am passing a USB wireless network adapter.
I'm connecting this to a wireless network.
Over this network I am running a continuous ping.
What is happening:
This ping works for a while, inconsistent amount of time, and then stops. Sometimes restarting the network stack helps sometimes it doesn't.
The ping runs continuously from the host machine.
OS, Hardware and Version:
I didn't include the version of or OS above because I've used a variety.
As a host I have used two different machines running Windows 7 and WES 7. These have Virtual box 5.0.14 and 5.0.10 installed respectively both with the corresponding Extension pack for their version.
USB wireless adapters are specific to the host running an RealTek rtl8187 and Ralink rt2800 chip sets respectively.
As a guest I have used OpenWRT 15.05 on both hosts, On the Windows 7 host I have also run Lubuntu 15.10 and WES 7 SP1.
In all these cases I have experienced the same problem.
Does anyone know if there is a known problem with USB wifi through Virtual Box or even better if there is a way to solve this problem.
I am attempting to run a continuous ping as a proof of concept for a larger project
Overview of how I'm trying to do it:
I have a machine running in VirtualBox.
To this machine I am passing a USB wireless network adapter.
I'm connecting this to a wireless network.
Over this network I am running a continuous ping.
What is happening:
This ping works for a while, inconsistent amount of time, and then stops. Sometimes restarting the network stack helps sometimes it doesn't.
The ping runs continuously from the host machine.
OS, Hardware and Version:
I didn't include the version of or OS above because I've used a variety.
As a host I have used two different machines running Windows 7 and WES 7. These have Virtual box 5.0.14 and 5.0.10 installed respectively both with the corresponding Extension pack for their version.
USB wireless adapters are specific to the host running an RealTek rtl8187 and Ralink rt2800 chip sets respectively.
As a guest I have used OpenWRT 15.05 on both hosts, On the Windows 7 host I have also run Lubuntu 15.10 and WES 7 SP1.
In all these cases I have experienced the same problem.
Does anyone know if there is a known problem with USB wifi through Virtual Box or even better if there is a way to solve this problem.