Realtek 8812BU Wireless USB Adapter not being picked up in Kali Linux (VM)

[dragosani]

Hi all, trying to get my Kali linux to work with Realtek 8812BU (AC1200) Wireless USB Adapter but having no joy actually seeing the wlan0.

I'm using VM Ware Workstation 16 with Kali VM.

- lsusb command shows the device to be on Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]but this will not show up in ifconfig at all.



Followed most of the info from this site but when trying to build using the command below, I get the error below

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root@kali:~/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX201 80427-5959# sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j2 KERNELRELEASE=5.10.0-kali3-amd64 KVER=5.10.0-kali3-amd64 src=/usr/src/rtl88x2bu-5.3.1....(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.10.0-kali3-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.3.1/build/make.log for more information. (attached)
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[DIAMOND]

I have the same problem here :(
Any updates?

[dragosani]

I have the same problem here :(
Any updates?

Unfortunately not.

I did many rebuilds and reboots and somehow (without changing any configs etc) it did manage to work, but it was a bit flaky.

I ended up buying the recommended hardware from the site and this is working fine - so I suspect some driver or Kali OS issue that just simply wasn't picking up and reading the bus correctly for that card.

Try rebuilding your VM's with the device attached/rebuild with device detached and keep trying every connotation of trying to get the thing to be recognised. I just can't recall the moment that "fixed" it for me.....

[DIAMOND]

Thanks for replying.

You can view my profile and look at the topic [wlan1 not detecting]
I have explained most of the stuff to install the driver and a few issues.
And yep, it somehow magically solved itself.

[dragosani]

Thanks for replying.

You can view my profile and look at the topic [wlan1 not detecting]
I have explained most of the stuff to install the driver and a few issues.
And yep, it somehow magically solved itself.

Good job! And thanks.

Glad you got it sorted

- D

[Fred Sheehan]

You can install realtek rtl88x2au dkms drivers that will update when your kernel does, look here for code needed and how to go about it;

https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702

[Fred Sheehan]

Have a look here for drivers and easy install method..

https://github.com/morrownr/8812au-20210629