Issue with installing Alfa AWUS036ACH on Kali Linux 2018.3a

[domelsnake]

Hi all,

I'm new to Kali Linux as well as to the forum so would like to say hello to everyone.


I'm having some difficulties with installing Alfa AWUS036ACH on Kali Linux.

I have tried Kali Linux 2018.1 as well as the most recent version 2018.3a unfortunately I can't get the WiFi card working for some reason.

Possibly missing some steps.



What I have done is:

- fresh installation of Kali Linux 2018.3a (Dual Boot with Win10)
- edited the file "sources.list" within /etc/apt/, replaced the file content with following lines:

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

- from the terminal I have issued these commands:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms

- the driver seems to be extracted and installed correctly so rebooted the PC and connected the WiFi card to the USB port

- from the terminal I have issued this command:

root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1058:1021 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Elements Desktop (WDBAAU)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 413c:2501 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

This shows me the USB works correctly and it sees the WiFi adapter.

- from the terminal I have issued this command:

root@kali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.113 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::16b3:1fff:fe10:ccec prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 14:b3:1f:10:cc:ec txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 23178 bytes 18867660 (17.9 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 10610 bytes 1201939 (1.1 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 20 memory 0xef100000-ef120000

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 24 bytes 1356 (1.3 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 24 bytes 1356 (1.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 96:7d:22:30:c8:bf txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

where interface "wlan0" is the built-in wifi card.


What am I missing?
What else shall I try?

[vverloop]

modprobe rfkill
rfkill unblock wifi
rfkill list

https://www.vincentverloop.nl/blog/security/kali-linux/how-to-use-awus036ach-rtl8812au-with-kali-linux/

[Mister_X]

You're not missing anything, I can see wlan0, which is the wireless card.

In any case, you also want to replace "upgrade" by "dist-upgrade".

@vverloop, although commands do something, it has nothing to do with the issue (which is still to be determined). rfkill will never prevent a network interface from showing up in the listing.

[domelsnake]

Hi Mister_X,

The wlan0 is the built-in WiFi card which is visible even when Alfa is disconnected so I'm definitely missing something there.

Any other ideas anyone?

[Mister_X]

do a dist-upgrade (then reboot) before you install the dkms package.