USB Wireless Adapter TL-WN823N not showing in lsusb

[dimitris]

Hello

I am new in the forum as well as in Kali Linux concept, i am senior Java software developer (sun Certified) , and i am very interested to start learning and understanding the concept of Kali Linux.

I bought a new Wireless adapter TL-WN823N(EU) ver:V3.0 , and would like to install it on Kali , please from where i need to start ? note that i am not able to see the device through lsusb command, i have the below outputs :

 

$ lsusb 

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Kali version :

$ ostnamectl

 Static hostname: kali
 Icon name: computer
 Machine ID: 8f2e91659bb64b039445418cdf209b15
 Boot ID: c418410c3c434e5fac8b534684a86121
 Virtualization: oracle
 Operating System: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling          
 Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-kali5-amd64
 Architecture: x86-64
 Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
 Hardware Model: VirtualBox
 Firmware Version: VirtualBox

$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Best Regards

[Fred Sheehan]

As your using Virtual Box you need to first make sure that the USB adapter is being passed through to the Linux VM properly, looks like Windows assumed it was a USB tablet and told the VM the same..