Kali in Virtualbox no wireless extensions but Wifi working

[Dudley]

Hello,
I'm running Kali Linux, latest version, in virtualbox. I recently got the Panda PAU09 wireless USB adapter. It works fine in the Windows host and also in Virtualbox (using it now).

The problem is that is shows up in ifconfig but not in iwconfig

eth2: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.178.38 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.178.255
inet6 2406:e006:210d:1:9ac:d540:3d28:8e5f prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2406:e006:210d:1:a00:27ff:fec1:f666 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fec1:f666 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 08:00:27:c1:f6:66 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 60022 bytes 72440700 (69.0 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 42245 bytes 3906289 (3.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

iwconfig

eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
eth2 no wireless extensions.

What doesn't look right is this:

lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I reckon the USB wireless adapter should show up as Ralink but I'm not sure what to do about it.

Also this:

dmesg |grep usb
[ 1.019916] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 1.019922] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 1.020705] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 1.025372] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.025373] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.025374] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.025375] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.12.0-kali1-amd64 xhci-hcd
[ 1.025376] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0c.0
[ 1.026642] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 1.026643] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.026644] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.026645] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.12.0-kali1-amd64 xhci-hcd
[ 1.026646] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0c.0

I read through this forum, went through various sites for an hour or three but can't figure out what it is. Any help appreciated or directions to another article appreciated!

[Dudley]

It turns out that the USB device wasn't recognised in Virtualbox. Trying to connect it I got a 'USB is busy' error.

These are the steps I used to solve the problem (from http://www.cyberprogrammers.net/2015...busy-with.html )

1) First of all open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Class > {36*FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-44455354*0000}

After you need to delete UpperFilters reg key from the right side.
2) Reboot your computer.
3) Now connect the USB device to your computer and open VirtualBox.
4) From the list select the virtual machine and from top open Settings and go to "USB" menu.
5) Now at right side press on "USB plus" green button and select USB device. Press on OK button and start the virtual machine.
6) Now disconnect USB device. Turn off the virtual machine and completely close VirtualBox.
7) Now connect the USB device and start virtual machine again.
If you are doing right then, USB device should work on your virtual machine.

It doesn't look like I've got an internet connection but at least that problem's sorted.