Huawei USB Modem + Virtual Machine

[bochniak]

Hello
I have a VirtualBox machine installed on Debian. I have a Huawei USB modem plugged into the server(Bus 002 Device 016: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
). On the virtual machine after entering the command "lsusb" is only the following entry:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b: 0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
How can I run the modem to send SMS messages?

[Perryg]

Linux host USB is probably the easiest of all distros supported. There needs to be 3 things to achieve success.

• 1) Matching extension pack installed.
  2) ( host requirement ) user name added to the vboxusers group followed with a logout and login or a reboot of the host to enable the new permission.
  3) You need to be using the official version of VirtualBox and the official version of the extension pack.

Note: the repo version of the extension pack does not have USB support because VirtualBox USB is closed source and you must use and accept the license for the official version.

[bochniak]

I have installed the latest version 5.2 with the extensionpack and it is constantly displayed on the virtual machine after entering "lsusb":
001 Device 001: ID 1d6b: 0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[andyp73]

Have you setup a USB filter in the VM settings to capture the device and pass it to the guest?

-Andy.

[socratis]

Please read the following thread: USB basics and troubleshooting, all of the posts. If you still have a problem after reading through the whole thing, please follow the advice of the last post, #8: Asking for help.