Update:
I went out to a restaurant to test the installer using their wifi, the network configuration worked and I was able to go through the rest of the installer. Some grub packages were downloaded during the process. It seems my home network was the cause of the network error.
However, after a full reinstall, including what appeared to be a successful grub install, Kali does not boot. I get a loud beeping noise (thanks dell) with a BIOS error message. I went through the boot menu to manually select kali, the same thing happened.
