Trying to connect to router with Ralink adapter independently thru Kali
Hey all, newbie here. I have a Awus036nh using Kali Linux 6.0.8 on a virtualbox on macOS. Installed extension pack. When I go to settings > ports I check ?not attached? as I want to use the wifi adapter independently within Kali Linux VM . I don?t want card attached to my host to use that internet . So my Mac should have its own internet conx and my Kali vm should be using the wifi adapter to then connect to my wifi.
once i installed the extension pack, card was detected, and i selected card in Settings > Ports> USB
- when card is first plugged in via USB to my mac, blue light is on solid. I noticed when launching Kali, once it seems to detect card on startup, the light starts to flash infrequently, kind of off and on like its working or something. Much like the hard drive light of a PC when its "working".. random flashes.
So if I go into Ports> USB > USB 2.0 is selected, and down below in the box I see my Ralink 802.11 n WLAN [0101] .
- by default, card was set to Settings > Network > "Enable Network Adapter" is checked and "Set to" is set to NAT.
I think i have to set this to "Not Attached" to use it independently, as from my tests, I only get internet in Kali when it is set to NAT. If i change to Not Attached, no internet in Kali, can't ping google.com says there is no such command or something..
So when set to NAT, here are my outputs:
ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.2.255
inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe5d:3a99 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 08:00:27:5d:3a:99 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 13623 bytes 18632558 (17.7 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 1021 bytes 65809 (64.2 KiB)
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 224 bytes 51088 (49.8 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 224 bytes 51088 (49.8 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 22:30:bd:b8:69:03 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
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
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
root@kali:~#
if i change to "Not Attached" i cannot get any internet... wlan0 disappears from ifconfig, and Ralink
disappears from lsusb
i shouldnt have to install any drivers from what i have been reading, and i have tried the system network manager restart commands (syntax not accurate, just cant rmb what it is.. im a noob remember)
again, im trying to make the Ralink independent of my mac, and only connect to internet through the Kali machine. so i should be able to turn my mac WiFi off, and still have Kali Wifi on, as i will be connecting through Ralink to my router.
Please let me know if anyone can help?
