I have Backtrack hosted on a Hyper-V virtual machine, and I want to give it access to my USB WiFi dongle, not just access to the network, but actually access to the hardware itself so I can scan for WiFi networks etc.
In the past I have used VirtualBox, and this has been relatively painless, but I have Windows 8.1 Pro, so thought I would give Hyper-V a go.
With the device enabled under "Network Connections" I the following error:
Failed while adding virtual Ethernet switch connections. The Requested resource is in use.
When it's disabled, I get this error instead:
Failed while adding virtual Ethernet switch connections. Adapter not enabled or not functional.
Is this possible, or do I need to head back to VirtualBox?
Best Answer
Hyper-V does not support USB redirection. VMWare ESXi does from v4.1.
I personally needed USB redirection and had to use a commercial USB redirection software USB Over Network. This software works by redirecting the USB connection from the host machine (Windows 8.1) to the client (VM) over TCP/IP