Adapter is available but not working

[sec0ps]

This was working, I wiped the laptop and reinstalled now I cannot get this working again. The adapter is visible, but not able to use it at all.

$ uname -av Linux sec0ps 6.5.0-35-generic #35~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue May 7 09:00:52 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy

$ iwconfig wlx00c0cab48cfb wlx00c0cab48cfb IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"WIFI@REALTEK" Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

$ sudo dkms status 8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 6.5.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed

Is this a known issue, any idea on how to fix this?

[victor4pinheiro]

I'm having this issue also on Linux arch 6.9.1-zen1-2-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 22 May 2024 13:47:12 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

[sagypt]

Same for me on Debian 12 The driver installs but then the NIC does not detect any WIFI network.

uname -a

Linux <REDACTED> 6.1.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.90-1 (2024-05-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 016: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter

sudo dkms status

8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 6.1.0-21-amd64, x86_64: installed

sudo dmesg -W

[ 7606.269729] usb 1-10: new high-speed USB device number 17 using xhci_hcd
[ 7606.418693] usb 1-10: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8812, bcdDevice= 0.00
[ 7606.418707] usb 1-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7606.418713] usb 1-10: Product: 802.11n NIC
[ 7606.418718] usb 1-10: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 7606.418721] usb 1-10: SerialNumber: 123456
[ 7606.526073] usb 1-10: 88XXau <REDACTED> hw_info[d7]
[ 7606.947245] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready

sudo lshw -c network

  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: c
       bus info: usb@1:10
       logical name: wlan1
       serial: <REDACTED>
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl88XXau driverversion=6.1.0-21-amd64 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated

sudo rfkill list all

7: phy6: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

ip l

7: wlan1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 2312 qdisc mq state DORMANT mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether <REDACTED> brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr <REDACTED>

nmcli device wifi list ifname wlan1

IN-USE  BSSID  SSID  MODE  CHAN  RATE  SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY

(nothing)

[EDIT]

From USB Wifi TP-Link AC600 cannot work with newest version

These instructions work for me

cd /usr/src
sudo git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd /usr/src/rtl8812au
sudo git checkout 63cf0b4
sudo make dkms_install

[zartaz]

i think is incompatibiliti issue of the driver with some newer kernels , on my kali with 6.8.11-amd64 everything went fine with installation but airodump doesnt' show any ssid after my kali clean install

[alb3rt-on]

I had the same issue for days and finally solve it. I followed a lot of youtube videos and online forums and installed both Kali and aircrack-ng drivers but still wasn't working. I even ended up returning my old Alfa wifi adapter and getting a new Alfa AWUS036ACH adapter and it still didn't work after set up.

Issue: Wifi adapter shows up after driver install but not showing available networks (Available networks also may be disabled)

My system info: VM: VirtualBox v7 Linux OS: Kali Purple 2024 Kernel version: 6.8.11

The issue is not the drivers or the updated kernel but instead the Debian version in Virtualbox (I'm sure it'll be the same issue for VMWare or other VM's)

To fix this issue:

Open Virtualbox Select your VM (in my case Kali Purple) Go to Settings In General > make sure Type is Linux Change Version from Debian 12 (or current version) to Debian 10 Start the VM It should fix the wifi adapter issue now and should be able to see wifi available wifi networks.

Hope this helps. Let me know if it works.

[2smooth4u]

I had the same issue for days and finally solve it. I followed a lot of youtube videos and online forums and installed both Kali and aircrack-ng drivers but still wasn't working. I even ended up returning my old Alfa wifi adapter and getting a new Alfa AWUS036ACH adapter and it still didn't work after set up.

Issue: Wifi adapter shows up after driver install but not showing available networks (Available networks also may be disabled)

My system info: VM: VirtualBox v7 Linux OS: Kali Purple 2024 Kernel version: 6.8.11

The issue is not the drivers or the updated kernel but instead the Debian version in Virtualbox (I'm sure it'll be the same issue for VMWare or other VM's)

To fix this issue:

Open Virtualbox Select your VM (in my case Kali Purple) Go to Settings In General > make sure Type is Linux Change Version from Debian 12 (or current version) to Debian 10 Start the VM It should fix the wifi adapter issue now and should be able to see wifi available wifi networks.

Hope this helps. Let me know if it works.

For Vmware this is not working

[amnuhs]

Same problem here! My system info: VM: Vmware workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571 Linux OS: Kali 2024 Kernel version: 6.8.11