Trouble getting Kali to recognise USB wireless adapter in virtual machine

[Matty T]

Hi.

I wish to sniff packets on my network to work out why my Firestick stops streaming. I am trying to use Kali Linux in a Virtualbox virtual machine. I am a novice and unfortunately have performed previous steps in haste to get my setup working.

I have used USB filter to pass through my Alfa AWUS036ACS to my Kali installation. I have installed this driver https://github.com/morrownr/8821au-20210708. I don't know if I should have done. When I click on my Wifi Adapter in the Devices > USB menu in VirtualBox, I can see it in the Kali terminal with lsusb but not with iwconfig.

What can I do to activate my Wifi adapter in my virtual machine and connect to my Wifi network?

Thanks, Matty.

[gspector]

The Chipset is Realtek RTL8811AU so you need to install the correct realtek drivers.

https://docs.alfa.com.tw/Support/Linux/RTL8811AU/

Driver installationKaliSTEP 1 : Open Terminal Emulator
STEP 2 : Run commands
sudo apt update
sudo apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
STEP 3 (Optional): Check driver existance
Run commands below:
find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name "88XXau.ko"
There should be a file in search result if driver was successfully installed.