WiFi / ethernet / virtualisation

axel

axel

axel

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I am running a VM with Ubuntu on a Windows 10 Host. They currently both use my wired/router connection. Can I set up the VM to only connect using a separate WIFI dongle and never use the wired connection? I have a WIFI adaptor in the computer if I need it.
 
bremen1874 said:
What are you using for the virtualisation?
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I am not sure what you mean?
visibleman said:
You should be able to passthrough (in this case USB) hardware, from host to guest, via the hypervisor.
If you're using VirtualBox for instance then it's just a case of making sure USB is enabled on the guest and then selecting the USB device to passthrough - https://www.howtoforge.com/virtualb...-usb-devices-to-guests-on-an-ubuntu-8.10-host
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So I need to plug the dongle into the PC? And I do not need to go through the WIFI adaptor?
 
I need to be able log on to the same website from my main computer with different IP addresses.
 
Different IP recorded by the website which is WAN. PC and dongle are connecting two different computers through two different ISPs. Dongle has a sim card.
 
Apologies, I have totally confused things due to a lack of clarity. A VPN does not work, as noted above VPN connections are blocked. To clarify, I currently have my desktop connected to the router. Separate laptops are connect by WiFi to their own dongle, which then connects to the internet via the mobile network. I am trying to replace at least one if eventually not all of the laptops with virtual machine for convenience and space saving. I have set up the first VM which is working great but connecting through the router so using the same IP address as my desktop. I just need to get it to connect to the dongle which does not even need to be plugged in. I think that all I need to do is connect the dongle to the WiFi adaptor on my desktop and get the VM to only use the WiFi adaptor, but I cannot see how to do this. Hope this helps.
 
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Yes there is no ethernet cable, only a USB power cable for charging which does not have to be plugged in.
 
Yes I may need to look at a different VM programme. I have narrowed the problem down to the Linux drivers, or lack of, for my WiFi adaptor so I will raise a separate post in the Linux section relating only to the drivers for my WiFi adaptor which is a Qualcomm Atheros AR938x.
 
It is a home broadband accessing various sites. If a member account logs in from Singapore, London, Australia, USA, etc they know you are using a VPN and account is closed!
 
00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:100e] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter [8086:001e]
Kernel driver in use: e1000

This what the code returns and yes the adaptor works outwith virtualisation.
 
s3r8lr0


I have not touched this so these are all the default settings.

https://imgur.com/s3r8lr0
 
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