VMVirtual box and USB Alpha card

[letmein]

Have been trying to get BT5R1 in VM working with my Alpha card? iwconfig / airmon-ng etc doesnt show the card.

Do I have to activate the USB card in the VM first? I have read conflicting directions (about booting BT up without USB connected? - which doesnt sound right).

If I have missed something obvious pleas ebe gentle!!! I have used BT3+4 as bootbale USB, but VM is pretty new to me.

Any help appreciated....

Thanks

[Morblias]

I had to run these commands to get mine working in vmware. first make sure it is enabled (VM > Removable Devices > connect the alpha)

ifconifig to check devices
lsusb to check if usb is connected
airmon-ng to see interface
modprobe rtl8187
dmesg |tail -20 to see if driver is turned on, it will probably say radio off
to turn on:
root@bt:~# rmmod rtl8187
root@bt:~# rfkill block all
root@bt:~# rfkill unblock all
root@bt:~# modprobe rtl8187
root@bt:~# rfkill unblock all
root@bt:~# ifconfig wlan1 up (or wlan0 if that's the case)

[daedalus1776]

Vivek has a video series that details this, among MANY other things. Starts here: http://www.securitytube.net/video/1756