Windows 10: "Generic Mobile Broadband Adapter #7" & "Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1" won't update

Hello!I've been having a lot of issues with the Asus connectivity First Bluetooth, now Generic Mobile Broadband Adapter #7 and Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1First my Bluetooth would randomly disable itself, this prompting the 'unknown usb device descriptor request failed' to appear.Now I noticed in the Device Manager that the Generic Mobile Broadband Adapter #7 & Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1 & V9.1#2 are giving error codes.Generic Mobile Broadband Adapter #7: This device cannot start. Code 10Viscosity Virtual Adapter V9.1: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the driv

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Can't Set USB Mobile Broadband Adapter As Metered

Sorry, that's no help because there is no place to set the connection as a metered connection.

To quote from the Microsoft article on Metered Internet connections: FAQ :

Note

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  Ethernet network connections can't be set to metered.
  

Therefore, because the USB Mobile Broadband adapters are installed as Ethernet adapters, it is not possible to set them as metered connections.

This true even with a USB Mobile Broadband adapter that uses the generic Microsoft "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" driver.

 

Mobile broadband connection sharing with Hyper-V

Found a solution on a german IT site: Unterwegs mit Hyper-V: mobil ins Internet – Evgenij Smirnov – IT Pro aus Berlin

In short:

• add a pure internal virtual Switch
  
• activate ICS on the mobile broadband Adapter and connect it to the above Switch
  
• add virtual switch to VM network adapters
  

 

Can't Set USB Mobile Broadband Adapter As Metered

No, you see that's the problem. The USB mobile broadband adapters show up in Windows as
Ethernet adapters, not
Wi-Fi adapters. That means there is no way to set them as metered connections.

I would guess that most if not all of the USB mobile broadband adapters currently on the market show up in Windows as Ethernet adapters, so this is a problem.