Having troubles setting up wireless internet under Virtual Box

Zack89 · 2008-09-26 04:14:15

Hi again >_> im trying to setup my wireless internet so I can well download stuff wirelessly.. I have my hardwired network setup but router is in a room i dont have access to all the time.. here is what Virtual box gives me to use for adapters

1.PCNet-PCI II (AM79C970A)
2.PCNET-FAST III (AM79C973)
*This is my currently mounted Adapter, Attached to Host Interface under en0 Built-in ethernet.. this is what I used for wired internet
3.INTEL PRO/MT 1000 Desktop (82540EM)
4.INTEL PRO/T 1000 Server (82543GC)

Like posted up there, PCNET-FAST III is the one I use for hardwired but I dunno how to set it up for wireless. Are there other packages I need to install besides wireless_tools? I already installed that.

firecat53 · 2008-09-26 23:34:04

Ummmm...is your Arch installed in a virtual machine or is it the host machine? If it's in a virtual machine, you will always just set up the PCNET or Intel adapters that you listed. You can't set up wireless (at least not to my knowledge) in a virtual machine. Your physical machine will have wired and/or wireless setup, which then is tied to the various 'wired' adapters in the virtual machine. Clear as mud?

Hope that answered your question.

Scott

Zack89 · 2008-09-27 04:01:24

Aw man seriously? I thought I could since under network adapters for choices I can choose built in ethernet, airport, or parallel (airport being wireless) so I just assumed I could do it. But yeah I get it. Thanks heh

EDIT: Apparantly.. Vbox DOES support wireless internet.. this is what I did no lie.. I went into my network adapters on Vbox window, I chose PCNET-PCI II, set it up for host interface, and hit Airport.. now Im on arch linux i didnt CONFIGURE anything.. I used pacman to download some files without thinking about plugging in my ethernet cord.. I HAVE WIRELESS!! lol but yeah Vbox supports it for guest OS's

Last edited by Zack89 (2008-09-27 04:21:09)

firecat53 · 2008-09-27 05:49:45

I'm glad you got it working . . . . but you're still not actually using wireless in your virtual machine. Your virtual machine has a virtual ethernet (wired) adapter (the PCNET-PCI II), which communicates to your host machine's internet connection -- in this case via your (real) Airport card. But your real connection could technically be anything: wired, wireless, bluetooth, modem, etc. And, luckily for us, VirtualBox makes it extremely easy to hook up your virtual machines to the network!

Scott

Zack89 · 2008-09-27 06:16:05

Oh.. dude what u just did is like when parents tell their kids the truth about santa claus.. lol As far as im concerned since im downloading packages in it without my ethernet cable plugged in, I got wireless rofl.. now I just need to get my XFCE working.. its being difficult rofl.

tigrmesh · 2008-09-27 17:05:29

Please mark this thread as solved. That way others who are having troubles with Virtual Box and wireless can find help. Thanks.

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Having troubles setting up wireless internet under Virtual Box

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