singh763173 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hi all, im struggling to get my Alfa AWUSO36H to my BT5 Guest VM from a W7 Host. I've created the filter and installed Guest Additions aswell as the latest extension pack and it doesnt go over automatically. I've tried to manually place it over and I get an error that it Failed to Attach... Busy with Previous Request. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Virtualbox or VMWare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Doesn't sound like VMware, as the default settings in a new VM is to automatically attach any USB device to the VM once plugged in. You just have to wait till after the VM is up and running to plug it in. (Make sure all VMware services are running though - Go to services.msc and start them if not) If it is VMware, check the USB settings on the settings panel of the VM itself and make sure its set to USB 2.0 and automatically attach new found usb devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yeah virtualbox you have to make filters, I haven't played with USB pass through really much, but there is documentation on oracle's site for virtualbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yh sorry lads. It's virtual box. I created the filter and it comes up with the above error when manually connecting it. It definitely works on the w7 box and have also used a live cd to check and it works with that also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamo Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Iv had some issues with virtual boxes usb and Iv always have foung solution by googleing wiht exact error message. Your running it on windows, right? Here's a link that might help you with that issue https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39104 post by user called "nayasis". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) Hi Jarmo, I tried that but I still get the same error. I tried a search with the error but havent been able to find anything as of yet, though I am still looking. I have attached a screen shot and the error that shows. Result Code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) Component: HostUSBDevice Interface: IHostUSBDevice {173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a} Callee: IConsole {1968b7d3-e3bf-4ceb-99e0-cb7c913317bb} Also, Im not sure why the device is showing up with that name... But its definately the Alfa as there are no other USB devices or Virtual USB devices attached Edited December 11, 2011 by singh763173 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Get VMware Player, its free, try it in that, skip Virtual Box. Sometimes, you just have to use what works. In my experience, I've never had much luck with Virtual Box, and its always been a hassle. Personally, I love VMware and have their VMware Workstation 8(a requirement if you plan on testing Windows 8 in a VM, due to the new BIOS boot method required). But if you don't want to shell out any money, vmware player would be my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Ill give VMWare a try shortly and will update with how I get on! Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Managed to acquire myself a license for vmware workstation 8 and installed BT. Alfa went over successfully as you said it would! Guess Ill be using that for testing from here on and leave my vbox server for my other VMs. Cheers lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopenopenope Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) run lsusb and see if you can find it in that list. and if you do, Sometimes its a little buggy and I have a script that a run after I connect to fix any airmon-ng start wlan0 issues or anything that starts giving you that SOCFLAGS (or what ever it is) error. #! /bin/bash rmmod rtl8187 rfkill block all rfkill unblock all modprobe rtl8187 rfkill unblock all ifconfig wlan0 up thats the basic script, just save it in a file on your desktop in the VM and run cd Desktop/ chmod +x file then(in the same location) run ./file also you can add some other things to the script (like i do) to make everything a little easier when using monitor mode and such #! /bin/bash rmmod rtl8187 rfkill block all rfkill unblock all modprobe rtl8187 rfkill unblock all iw reg set BZ #(increases TX power on all interfaces, to change back just issue 'iw reg set 00') (00 being the american country code, if your not from america you can run 'iw reg get' before you change anything) macchanger -r wlan0 #(changes the mac address to a random one) airmon-ng start wlan0 #(starts monitor mode on the interface mon0) ifconfig mon0 down #(interfaces need to be down to change mac addresses, and to change country codes, but the initial rfkills bring wlan0 down so you wont need to bring it down after that point. also changing country codes only needs to be done once for all interfaces until you reboot.) macchanger -r mon0 #(changes the monitor mode interface to a randome mac) ifconfig wlan0 up ifconfig mon0 up if you really want, you can create your own country code by fallowing this guide and increase the TX power even higher http://hacking-library.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=284&p=550#p550 scroll down to "Override regulatory domain restrictions" (I won't help anyone with the creating the country code, if you screw something up, don't blame me, or anyone else) then just change the script above to 'iw reg set XX' This might be a little off topic for your problem, but it should help you, and others later on. Edited December 13, 2011 by soka80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singh763173 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 hey, thanks for that - i was testing earlier and came across the issues with vmware and the rtl8187 chipset. i found the first script online and it worked a treat, its just a shame I have to run it whenever i run the vm. with regards to the second bit - what would be worse case scenario? im only asking as you've said, if it all goes wrong... I dont see any harm in trying but just want to know what could happen. From what Im reading the script will change the tx power (thus a stronger signal but more work on the wifi adapter) and spoofs the MAC on the device also. Am I correct? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopenopenope Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) hey, thanks for that - i was testing earlier and came across the issues with vmware and the rtl8187 chipset. i found the first script online and it worked a treat, its just a shame I have to run it whenever i run the vm. with regards to the second bit - what would be worse case scenario? im only asking as you've said, if it all goes wrong... I dont see any harm in trying but just want to know what could happen. From what Im reading the script will change the tx power (thus a stronger signal but more work on the wifi adapter) and spoofs the MAC on the device also. Am I correct? Cheers as far as creating your own country code, if you mess up the file they're located in, you could possibly screw up all your country code. It's unlikely but I'd rather not get blamed for some thing that some one messed up, and then complaining about what ever problems happened. It worked fine for me, but somone else might have issues. And it might over heat your adapter, I haven't came across that issue, but it could happen. yes, it changes the mac address. That shouldn't cause any problems what so ever. Edited December 13, 2011 by soka80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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