Now this is even stranger. As suggested, I removed the driver and ran 'apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms' (result below)
Code:
root@powerKali~> apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms is already the newest version (5.2.20.2~20190210-0kali1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
kali-desktop-common libclass-factory-util-perl libigdgmm5 libtexlua52 python-dicttoxml python-jsonrpclib python-mockito python-pypdf2 python-slowaes python-unicodecsv python-whoosh suckless-tools
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
IWCONFIG Result
Code:
root@powerKali~> iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"VM0760578"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.22 GHz Access Point: 48:D3:43:40:B3:77
Bit Rate=433.3 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=41/70 Signal level=-69 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:7 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
NMCLI D Result
Code:
root@powerKali~> nmcli
eth0: connected to Wired connection 1
"Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411"
ethernet (r8169), 94:C6:91:56:3A:44, hw, mtu 1500
ip4 default
inet4 192.168.0.75/24
route4 192.168.0.0/24
route4 0.0.0.0/0
inet6 fe80::96c6:91ff:fe56:3a44/64
route6 fe80::/64
route6 ff00::/8
wlan0: connected to VM0760578
"Intel Wireless-AC 9560"
wifi (iwlwifi), A0:A4:C5:6C:FB:EC, hw, mtu 1500
inet4 192.168.0.55/24
route4 0.0.0.0/0
route4 192.168.0.0/24
inet6 fe80::113d:e2f2:e091:19de/64
route6 fe80::/64
route6 ff00::/8
p2p-dev-wlan0: disconnected
"p2p-dev-wlan0"
wifi-p2p, hw
lo: unmanaged
"lo"
loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
DNS configuration:
servers: 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
interface: eth0
servers: 194.168.4.100 194.168.8.100
interface: wlan0
LSUSB Result
Code:
root@powerKali~> lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC) Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1532:005c Razer USA, Ltd Razer DeathAdder Elite
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2357:0106 TP-Link 802.11ac NIC
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1532:021e Razer USA, Ltd Razer Ornata Chroma
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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