Hp notebook 15-r041tx "wifi adapter not found"

[punithkumar165412]

cmd: lspci
result as below-
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:06.0 USB controller: Apple Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)

basically i have tried all your instructions but still not working, i could see there is no network controller available in the list above. I am using virtualBox but wifi works fine in laptop. I tried different linux OS still same issue persist. watched too many videos and books but couldn't find solution. most of the users using your repository. i think this is the best platform where i can expect to get the resolution.

[lwfinger]

You are correct in that there are no wifi devices attached to your PCI bus. That is to be expected in a Virtual Machine as VB does not pass thru PCI devices unless you have very special host hardware. I have never been able to get PCI passthru to work. If you really want a separate wifi device for your VM, you will need to install a USB wifi device on the host and use USB passthru to make that hardware available to the guest. That does work.

In most instances, just use the normal virtual networking in VB. The most common is NAT networking, which does most of what is needed for most instances. See Table 6.1 at https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html for a list of capabilities.