(That would also allow you to continue using your PCI WiFi adapter for other things at the same time.) If that's true (I'm assuming you're running Windows on the host), you might be better off getting a USB wireless adapter just for running Aircrack and using USB passthrough with it. Hm, I've had a look at the VirtualBox documentation at and it seems to suggest that it only currently works when the host OS is Linux. If it's a PCI adapter, you can do PCI passthrough but it can't be configured from the GUI and you will need a PC with an IOMMU (most recent AMD systems) or VT-d support (a patchy selection of Intel systems - my Core 2 Duo / GM45 laptop has it but my Core i7 / Z77 desktop at work doesn't).Īll i really want to do is connect to the internet on linux wireless, i want to use aircrack but i cant unless im ising wifi and i cant get it working and yeah im using a PCI adapter so how would i do a PCI passthrough and yes my cpu does have VT-d support thanks for helping When you start the VM, the adapter should 'unplug' from the host OS and the guest should be able to see it directly. In the VBox manager, select the VM and go to Settings -> USB then add a new USB filter for the WiFi adapter.

If it's a USB adapter, your best bet would be to use the USB passthrough functionality in VirtualBox then load the appropriate driver for the USB adapter in Linux. So you want to access the WiFi adapter directly rather than simply connecting the guest to a network. Well im using a wireless network adapter on the host and all i want to do is to use a wireless adapter in the VB but i only get wired options and not a single wireless connection option Thanks but no luck still wont find any kind of wireless connection Now try the airmon-ng command again, you should see you wifi card(s) lised now. this will unzip the file contents onto/into a folder the /Desktop called 'compat-wireless-2010-06-p'

see if your wifi card is listed, most likely not, follow these steps:Ģ. Open a terminal as root, and type this to start with I had same problem, and I used the Jun 26 '06-26' 2010.not the 6-27.maybe worth a try.įind this file '2'Ē010-Jun-26 21:02:37Ē.4M application/octet-streamĭownload and save to Desktop, its a. USB Wi-Fi cards are best for use with VM Kali implementation, just easier (in my experience anyway)

Vmware player 6 vmnetcfg.exe