Kali 2017.3 - Alfa 036ACH - Not shown, no errors

[crazar]

Been trying to play with my new alfa 36ACH. I thought it was working but apparently this PC has an atheros wireless card. anyways, after i realized it wasnt the alfa doing the tasks, i took out the other card and then well. did a fresh install of kali 64bit.

All the info that I have is below. Hope it helps whoever is able to help me.

The problem? wlan doesnt show up in ifconfig or anywhere after installing the drivers.




Source list from /etc/apt

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# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2017.3 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20171109-13:49]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2017.3 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20171109-13:49]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib




root@cali:~# uname -a
Linux cali 4.14.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.14.2-1kali1 (2017-12-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux




root@cali:~# sudo apt remove realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@cali:~# sudo apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
dkms linux-compiler-gcc-7-x86 linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-amd64
linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-common linux-headers-amd64 linux-kbuild-4.14
Suggested packages:
python3-apport
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dkms linux-compiler-gcc-7-x86 linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-amd64
linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-common linux-headers-amd64 linux-kbuild-4.14
realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 72.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 dkms all 2.3-3 [74.9 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-compiler-gcc-7-x86 amd64 4.14.2-1kali1 [498 kB]
Get:3 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-common all 4.14.2-1kali1 [7,822 kB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-kbuild-4.14 amd64 4.14.2-1kali1 [694 kB]
Get:5 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-amd64 amd64 4.14.2-1kali1 [465 kB]
Get:6 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 linux-headers-amd64 amd64 4.14+87+kali1 [6,812 B]
Get:7 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms all 5.1.5~20171206-0kali1 [1,752 kB]
Fetched 11.3 MB in 1s (7,440 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 325214 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-dkms_2.3-3_all.deb ...
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Selecting previously unselected package realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../6-realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms_5.1.5~20171206-0kali1_all.deb ...
Unpacking realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (5.1.5~20171206-0kali1) ...
Setting up linux-kbuild-4.14 (4.14.2-1kali1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-common (4.14.2-1kali1) ...
Setting up dkms (2.3-3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-4) ...
Setting up linux-compiler-gcc-7-x86 (4.14.2-1kali1) ...
Setting up realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (5.1.5~20171206-0kali1) ...
Loading new realtek-rtl88xxau-5.1.5~20171206 DKMS files...
Building for 4.14.0-kali1-amd64
Building initial module for 4.14.0-kali1-amd64
Done.

8812au:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/4.14.0-kali1-amd64/updates/

8814au.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/4.14.0-kali1-amd64/updates/

depmod......

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up linux-headers-4.14.0-kali1-amd64 (4.14.2-1kali1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-amd64 (4.14+87+kali1) ...
root@cali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.16 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 2600:8800:7881:c400:1436:fde2:441e:8ee3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2600:8800:7881:c400:f24d:a2ff:fefc:c581 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 fe80::f24d:a2ff:fefc:c581 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether f0:4d:a2:fc:c5:81 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 49129 bytes 50344552 (48.0 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 21717 bytes 2922331 (2.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 20 bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 20 bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

root@cali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.16 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 2600:8800:7881:c400:1436:fde2:441e:8ee3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2600:8800:7881:c400:f24d:a2ff:fefc:c581 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 fe80::f24d:a2ff:fefc:c581 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether f0:4d:a2:fc:c5:81 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 49132 bytes 50345125 (48.0 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 21735 bytes 2923646 (2.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 20 bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 20 bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

root@cali:~# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

root@cali:~# sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
root@cali:~# sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[chuxsen]

i have the same problem, even with the driver of "https://github.com/astsam/rtl8812au" it does not work.
kali 2017.3
AWUS036ACH

[Pax69]

I have the same problem! with the last update of kali the compatibility of the adapter was lost?

[Jparker171]

Has anyone found a fix to this yet? I am having similar issues.

[re4son]

Check this thread (https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?36814-How-to-install-AWUS036ACH-Drivers-and-getting-it-running&p=76143&viewfull=1#post76143) for the solution.
Don't forget to install the kernel headers first.

I've just tried it with a new image and it still works like a charm.