"Unclaimed" Network Interface (Likely Firmware Issue)

[arch4ng3l]

I just performed a fresh install of Kali on a Dell laptop and I'm experiencing an issue with the embedded network interface card. It appears as though no firmware is found for this particular device, however I'm having a difficult time even identifying the precise model/version of the network controller itself -- preventing me from obtaining and building the appropriate driver. I'd be grateful if someone could either help me fingerprint the device or fix the issue altogether.

I've also tried using modprobe to insert the e1000 and e1000e kernel modules without success.

Below is additional information regarding the laptop, OS version, and relevant hardware-related command output:

Kali Version: 4.16.0-kali2-amd64
Laptop Model: Dell e7470

lspci -k
...
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:093c] (rev 3a)
...

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01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 093c (rev 3a)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2181
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lshw
...
           *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: Intel Corporation
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 3a
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:e1100000-e1101
...

[Mister_X]

You can see the first one is a wireless, so you can always search for "firmware intel" using apt-cache then install it and reboot.

The second one, after doing a quick google search of the device ID (8086:093c) turns out to be a wireless device too, Intel Tri-Band Wireless-AC 17265: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Intel_Tri-...65_(17265NGWG) and there is no driver for it yet.

e1000 and e1000e are for wired ethernet devices, so that modprobe is useless.

Keep wikidevi in your bookmarks, it is very handy to identify wireless devices and drivers.

One last thing, lsusb and lspci rely on a database to display the information. You can update it using update-pciids and update-usbids