hi!

Win10 VMware and VirtualBox Kali image with USB TP link TL-WN722N in USB2.0 hw port.

root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n

root@kali:~# dmesg | grep usb
[11687.692341] usb 1-2.1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[11687.693227] usb 1-2.1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
[11687.941910] usb 1-2.1: ath9k_htc: Firmware - htc_9271.fw download failed
[11687.942048] usb 1-2.1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized

root@kali:~# dpkg-query -l '*atheros*'
firmware-ather 20160110-1

root@kali:~# ls -l /lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50980 Jan 10 16:35 /lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw

root@kali:~# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.

no wlan0

I've tried to turn it on and off already

Any ideas, please?