id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host 15927,USB Wifi Dongle drops connection after short period,Briantb,,"Trying to use a [https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb Think Penguin TPE-N150USB] USB WIFI adapter in close proximity to my router. The guest VM will recognize and use the adapter just fine. I can usually connect to my wifi, but the connection drops after 5-10 seconds (usually as soon as I try to access any over it). Subsequent attempts to connect to any WIFI connection will fail. Result is the same for any network I try to connect to, and on several different linux's, though primarily with fully up-to-date Ubuntu 16.04 ( Kernel 4.4 and 4.6 for grins and giggles). USB 2 and USB 3 both yield the same result. I have ruled out a problem dongle since if I boot natively into the same version of linux, the wifi connection works flawlessly. My problem seems unrelated to [https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9511 Ticket #9511] since my drivers load properly. Not sure if its helpful, but I have a [https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=79442 Forum Post here] with more info. Forum Moderator says he doesn't experience a similar issue with Linux Host, so perhaps the problem is specific only to Mac hardware? (VirtualBox version 5.1.6 w/ latest Extension Pack and Guest Additions) Please let me know if there is any further information I can provide, or any troubleshooting I should attempt. ",defect,new,USB,VirtualBox 5.1.6,,,,Linux,Mac OS X