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    Kali Linux 2017.1 release now supports RTL8812AU chipset (AWUS036ACH).

    Installation:
    Code:
    apt-get update
    apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
    Usage:
    No idea. Airmon-ng start wlan0 doesn't work. Can somebody help me with this?

    Code:
    root@kali:~# apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
    0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 1,522 kB of archives.
    After this operation, 14.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get:1 http://nl.mirror.babylon.network/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms all 4.3.21~20170330-0kali1 [1,522 kB]
    Fetched 1,522 kB in 0s (1,579 kB/s)                 
    Selecting previously unselected package realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms.
    (Reading database ... 324237 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack .../realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms_4.3.21~20170330-0kali1_all.deb ...
    Unpacking realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (4.3.21~20170330-0kali1) ...
    Setting up realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (4.3.21~20170330-0kali1) ...
    Loading new realtek-rtl88xxau-4.3.21~20170330 DKMS files...
    Building for 4.9.0-kali3-amd64
    Building initial module for 4.9.0-kali3-amd64
    Done.
    
    8812au:
    Running module version sanity check.
     - Original module
       - No original module exists within this kernel
     - Installation
       - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-kali3-amd64/updates/
    
    8814au.ko:
    Running module version sanity check.
     - Original module
       - No original module exists within this kernel
     - Installation
       - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-kali3-amd64/updates/
    
    depmod...
    
    DKMS: install completed.
    root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
    
    Found 4 processes that could cause trouble.
    If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
    a short period of time, you may want to run 'airmon-ng check kill'
    
       PID Name
       535 NetworkManager
       661 dhclient
      5256 wpa_supplicant
      5281 dhclient
    
    PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset
    
    phy0	wlan0		8812au		Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
    cat: /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/device/net/wlan0mon/type: No such file or directory
    
    Newly created monitor mode interface wlan0mon is *NOT* in monitor mode.
    Removing non-monitor wlan0mon interface...
    
    WARNING: unable to start monitor mode, please run "airmon-ng check kill"
    root@kali:~# airmon-ng
    
    PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset
    
    phy0	wlan0		8812au		Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
    UPDATE:

    It works like this:

    Code:
    root@kali:~# ip link set wlan0 down
    root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
    root@kali:~# ip link set wlan0 up
    root@kali:~# airmon-ng
    
    PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset
    
    phy0	wlan0		8812au		Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
    
    root@kali:~# iwconfig
    wlan0     IEEE 802.11  Mode:Monitor  Frequency:5.745 GHz  Tx-Power=18 dBm   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:off
              
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    Last edited by maiki; 2017-04-29 at 13:51. Reason: Merge posts

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