[Fixed] No WiFi Adapter Found on Kali Linux

Hi Bro.

I have alpha AWUS036NH which i bought from alieexpred now the problem is ths adapter is not getting detected both in my windows machine and my linux machine ive latest version of kali linux running on my laptop but adapter is not getting detected please tell me if there is any fix .. driver issue or any thing?

make sure about what you have bought. alpha is a fake company. Alfa is is right one. If you bought alfa then it should work smoothly. If it is not working then try it on friends computer (windows or Linux whatever). If it is still not working then sorry to say you might got a defective product.

even after installing this i dont have wifi
i have hp laptop driver RTL8723DE what to do to get wifi driver ….

Got this from HP's website…Please follow the instructions
Realtek 8723DE wifi module & Bluetooth Linux driver available now. This is for Ubuntu but also work for Kali Linux

Hi
I am on an hp pavilion laptop and the wifi never worked after the reboot I retried several times. Not sure what to do.

Different laptop models have different types of WiFi hardware. So please try Googling this. I have found something for you.

Hii
I have installed kali on vm,and installed wireless webdriver,but now its not showing any wifi ?
Ur help ,would be really greatfull(-_-)

You can use your laptop inbuilt Wi-Fi adapter to connect internet, just go to setting of your virtual machine and in network connection I think, choose Bridged Network, connect to your Wi-Fi and start your Kali VM.

WOW it works thank you very much(i was trying it for the last time)

I got Asus machine and tried that wireless process but it did work out

Try it again. If not worked then you need to download the Wi-Fi driver from manufacturers website.

hey man i have a toshiba laptop with this adapter "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter" couldnt get it to work any ideas??

Here we found a fix for Ubuntu, we think this will work for Kali Linux also. Check This.

i installed the software, several times and my wifi stick is connected but i still dont have wifi
(im using a vm), and i connected over bridged network but i still cant connect to wifi on my kali linux and i dont know what the problem is

It ask for username and password, after cloning. Please what should I use??

It only asks for username and password when you have type wrong GitHub URL. So please check again and type it properly.

as you say i have done all that and successfully installed but its still not showing wifi option.i have hp laptop..plz tell me something about it

what is the wifi hardware of your laptop or tell us the model, then we can help you.

Realtek RTL8723BE 802.11bgn wifi adapter and laptop model is hp-82CUGEJQ

Try following commands one after another

git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
sudo dkms add ./rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6

If these does not works then try this for newer models

sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de && sudo modprobe rtl8723de

I found this here

will this work in virtualbox kali linux?

its still no working will you give your whats app no so u can help me better plzzzzz

I am using Dell latitude, please I did as instructed, the WiFi is still not working

This doesn't requires in virtualbox we can simply use bridged networking to work on the same network as does your host machine.

Hi Manish, Give your WhatsApp no. Our team members will contact you.

This tutorial is specially for broadcom wifi module (most of laptops come with this). But some model of brands may have other type of modules. In that case you need to contact your laptop manufacturing brand for the wifi driver of Linux.

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hi,
at first when i plugged the wifi adapter (chipset- realtek 802.11n) there was no wlan0 in ifconfig or iwconfig.. then i googled and installed comapat wireless. Then i tried to run airodump-ng in monitor mode but it was not showing any network. i tried may solutions but nothing worked for me. now again when i restarted my laptop , i dont see any wlan0 in ifconfig.. please help asap

Can you please specify the brand and model number of your Wi-Fi adapter? By default external adapters goes in wlan1. Also you need to make sure that your Wi-Fi adapter supports monitor mode and packet injections. Some newer models of 802.11 doesn't support monitor mode and packet injection (old is gold). So if you can tell us or search on internet that your brand and model is supported monitor mode and packet injection. Are you working on Virtual Machine or VMWare? Then wireless attacks doesn't work.

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Worked perfectly. Thank you.

hello bro my self eshwanth :
i am using bootable kali linux (live) ,wifi option is not showing and its not connecting even the bluetooth is not working . the solution which you gave above ,does it work for me ?

Yes, this will work for you. But in a live boot install everything will be erased after shutdown the system. Your settings files created etc, on the next boot you found fresh Kali as it was in the first boot. Then again you need to do everything. In this case we suggest you to use Kali Live Persistence. For installing and use Bluetooth please go through our this tutorial

hello, first of all thanks for your reply. My adapter is RTL8188FTV. I have figured out the problem of wlan0 not showing. I had to install drivers from github.. now my main problem is that it is not going in monitor mode. when i type iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor, it shows – KILLED, and after that when i input any command such as iwconfig, the whole terminal freezes and then nothing works. at first when i tried to set to monitor mode it would display like operation not permitted.. now it just shows killed and now terminal freezes and nothing works

Operation not permitted error comes when you don't use sudo in your command. Thanks of giving your adapter's model number. We found this on Kali forum. This describes everything you need. Hope it solve your problem. Thanks.

i have dell inspiron 3000 laptop i follwed all steps but still the wifi is not working

the link is not working

What type of Kali installation you are using ? VMWare or Direct install?

My USB now show up but will not connect to anything.

Panda: PAU09

Give this a try.

I am usding wifi adeptor with chip setrealtek 802.11n NIC. I was using it in windows and now I want to use it in kali linux installed in virtual box.I have done the usb activation part but when I use it in windows it works properly but as soon as I am staring kali linux wifi adeptor is got disconnected everytime.Please help me with the problem

Hey all..I can't see my wifi after kali linux installation..My network adapter is Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377…Pls help

Hi Vignesh, Did you installed the drivers for your Atheros QCA93377? You can download and install the suitable binary files from here.

Here we have stopped using Virtual machines but seems like the problem comes from the Kali machine's side. You can try installing the drivers for your WiFi card on Kali.

Hi you!
You don't know how confused I am when the problem appear to me and I don't know what to do…
I almost gave up coz that problem (can not connect to wifi)..
But, this article really help me, dude.
I have no word to thank to you..
Amazing! Great work! May god bless you!

I have RTL8822CE and I can't get it working, already tied couple of custom drivers but they do not work…

UPDATE:
This driver seems to work -> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88

Glad that you fixed it by yourself.

Not working

Im new at kali, Im using Vm , kali 2020.2 && 2020.3
the laptop is connection to my wifi , but the software of kali 2 & 3 , show only that im using wired connection , i cant setup my wifi on kali , each time i used compat wifi , lead to set up the bluetooth onlyyyy , what should i do !?

In VM or Virtual machine you can't use your in built WiFi hardware. You can use bridged networking to connect to either a wired or a wireless network from your windows host machine. To ethical hacking on nearby wifi connection you need an external wifi adapter that suooprts Kali Linux, Monitor mode and packet injection.

help me. saya sudah install kali linux 3x.tetapi masih juga gagal masalah wifi nya. help me. whatsapp me.+62 87874343609

I even can't connect to wireless network. I have lenovo ideapad 110 please helps me

Can you please provide more details ?

after I am entering the command ifconfig it don't show me the wireless card name to me as i want to do penetration test

Are you running Kali on WSL or VMWare? If you don't have primary installation then it not work. Are you using internal wifi chipset? Do you got wifi icon on your top panel?

how to use in kali linux plessssss

I tried this method in Kali linux 2019 but the broadcom doesn't seem to work for my lenovo laptop. And it shows my wirless card as Intel wireless 2895. Please help

Try the following command and show us the large output please.

lspci | egrep -i 'wifi|wireless|intel|broadcom|realtek'

even after installing this i dont have wifi
i have hp laptop driver HP 15-Da0410tu what to do to get wifi driver ..

Thank you soo much for this information.. It worked for me in single go..

Hi, Veer it's a model number of Laptop. But you need to find out about the wifi hardware. please show us the full output of following command:

lspci | egrep -i 'wifi|wireless|intel|broadcom|realtek'

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 02)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point LPC Controller/eSPI Controller (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter

Hi again Veer,
It looks that you are using "RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter" on your HP laptop. Now you want a Linux driver. We just do google and found the solution on HP's website. You should check this.

Can you please give me the updated link of driver for Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter as the above links are not working now. Please

Here something from ubuntu's official website. These will also work for Kali.

Hi, this website is great. But don't miss my YouTube channel your problem can be solved from YouTube video only. Do you need a video tutorial
https://youtu.be/qWocVw8vUZU

There is no option of driver on ubuntu's official website link provided by you. Please check the link.

Thank you for this article!

bhai yr ye github link work nhi kr rhi

Thanks to this guy named news. Check his video https://youtu.be/qWocVw8vUZU

https://youtu.be/qWocVw8vUZU

when i install wifi driver on laptop terminal error :
*** No rule to make target 'install'.

Hello,
Im using Kali on Windows 10 through WSL platform. Its is not able to identify the wireless network and the ifconfig shows no Wlan0. Ca you help please.

WSL2 did not use real Linux kernel. Its just a Hyper-V. You should use real Virtual Machine like VMware or VirtualBox and connect your external WiFi adapter. Our best solution is use Linux's Primary installation and leave Windows. We can do every task of Windows in Linux now. Thanks.

Thank u

Hello. I have a Dell laptop Inspiron 5567; I'm using a Kasens 990WG. I used this command many times and it stills in Ethernet, without showing Wi-Fi signs. Can you help me?

Can you please explain how you have installed Kali in your machine? VMware or direct primary installation?

Can you please give me the updated link of driver for Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter as the above links are not working now. Please

You can try this.

Hi,
I have a RT5372 Wireless Adapter (Panda06) available when I check with 'lsusb'.
in 'Devices > USB', I have the 'Ralink 802.11 n WLAN [0101]' device selected when I plug the Wifi adaptor.
But, no wlan0 displayed with ifconfig or iwconfig.
Any idea?

I have Ralink MT7601U Wi-Fi adapter it supports AP mode in Windows 10 but in Kali Linux it doesn't supports AP mode. Please tell me a solution.

HI,
i am using lenovo laptop, after following your steps wifi driver install successfully
but after reboot. wifi adapter not showing disappear, uninstall, disable i don't know what happen. but this happen every-time. i try every thing. please help

Hola man, looks like you are using Kali Linux Live version. Aren't you?

This worked for me also. This guy is working well for the community.

Sir, i am using macbook air 2017 … i am facing the same issue plz help

What kind of installation you have? VitualBox or Primary or Dualboot?

Hello I have tried the tutorial but doesnt work for me. I can only get wifi with an external wifi adapter but that gives me portability problems.If i unplug the wifi adapter i only get eth0 and lo. I am using an Hp laptop and installed kali with a bootable usb stick. My driver is: 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
could you help me bby any chance so I dont need to use a wifi adapter

Hey I have, Dual booted Kali with windows on my Desktop, and in my case same wifi not working. I have installed wifi module, so is there any solution?

On your Kali you can install Wi-Fi driver, here check my answer for Ubuntu this also work for Kali. Please Check this.

Your Wi-Fi module?

What about RTL8814au??? When will be driver for it that's work fine with monitor mode option?

You can read this for detailed information https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8814au.

i have same case, and my laptop is hp zbook 15g2, wifi adapter :Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260, wifi not working , i have step by step in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejvmwo20QtI&t=181s , it work to show wifi drive but can't discovery wifi and connect. after reboot wifi will losed

You can try this https://youtu.be/706Rnf7eWa8

What about RTL8188ftv??? When will be driver for it that's work fine with monitor mode option?

We don't have this chipset to test. After your comment we search a lot in forums and then we think This RTL8188ftv chipset desn't support monitor mode. Try from these adapters.

How to install wifi driver for kernel 5.10.0?Im using broadcom b43.Thanks

Is this article not working for you? Try twice with decent internet speed if not works then we will look on your matter.

Good afternoon.

I need assistance installing WiFi Driver for HP Smart running Kali Linux. I followed the instructions and had no luck.

The driver required for my laptop is:

git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

I have a Intel Wifi-6 AX200 chip in my PC and it supports monitor mode but Kali Linux does not recognize it whatsoever even though it is built into the motherboard.

What type of Kali Installation you are using? WSL or VMWare?

Can this work on 2021.1 version

Sure it will work.

have a Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 in my Rog strix scar Laptop but Kali Linux does not recognize it whatsoever even though it is built into the motherboard.
I am using vbox

Did we just talked on Telegram?

Hi how to connect with WiFi adapter on Kali Linux live boot.it cannot show on terminal cmd

Please specify the total thing. Which kind of WiFi adapter? Internal or External USB? Our this article is about internal wifi adapter.

My WiFi adapter alfa uw07

External USB bootable

If this the driver is not on your system then you need to install it's driver, most of devices is plug and play, We didn't found your device model on Alfa official website. But first check if the USB is enabled on BIOS.

Yes,USB is enabled

You need to find the specific driver for your adapter. We had tried but we can't find driver for "alfa uw07". Sorry. Try to find the driver on the internet may you got it.

I have recently buy a Tenda W311MI Auto-Install Wireless Nano USB Adapter for using Network hacking via Monitor mode and packet injection but Its works on Windows 10 only not supported Kali Linux. I tried many solution and installed many drivers form the different websites and but nothing happen. I am a student and has no resources to buy another one to use it. Please tell me what can I do and HOW to install the drivers in Kali Linux.
Thank YOu

hey

please help i downloaded oracle vm virtual box and thek kali latest version after taht can i have wifi without using alpha adapters for this

Your question is not clear to me. You want to h4ck wifi or use wifi. If you are thinking to use wifi then you need to turn on bridged connection ob Virtual box network settings.

If you are talking about wifi haking then it is not possible without a wifi adapter that supports monitor mode and packet injection.

Thanks for comment. Do you have more questions?

Hi, did you tried the official Linux driver for this?

If yes, and still not working then we are sorry we don't have an device to test it.

Hello

Can’t get it to working with MacBook pro i5 2017, I’m using VMware, can you please help thanxxxx

You don't need to install WiFi driver on VMware. Change your network adapter to a bridged connection on VMware network settings, this will directly connect to your Host OS (Mac in your case) network. Hope this will solve your issue. You just need "Bridge Connection on VMware" You can read about this on internet for details.

Hey bruh, I am really sick of adapter. Its TP-LINK model tl-wn8200nd. I ain't able to find any driver for this fuckin shit. Would you help me please??

Hello, the TL-WN8200ND V2 has official driver for Linux 2.6.18-4.4.6.

For new kernel version, there is no official driver, instead, you can try to search online, like GitHub to verify whether you can get the suitable driver.

The chipset of the adapter is Realtek RTL8192EU

Good day.

I am using a HP PC with RTL8821CE PCIe adapter. I can't get it to enable in my kali linux. Any ideas? Thank you.

Try following commands:

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/r/rtl8821ce/rtl8821ce-dkms_5.5.2.1-0ubuntu4_all.deb

sudo apt install ./rtl8821ce-dkms_5.5.2.1-0ubuntu4_all.deb

Tell us if this installation works on your system. If not then show us the error also. Thanks

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I am using Xiaomi Redmi G laptop with Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz. Kernel linux 5.18.0-kali5-amd64. WiFI is not work. Help me please.

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I followed the steps and it did not show wifi. I am using Kali 2022 and the adapter is Cudy model wu1300. I also tried cudy's directions and it did not work. However I have plugged it into a windows machine and the adapter works.

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it didn't work am using kali in vm

Unfortunately, the attempt was unsuccessful. I'm currently using Kali in a VM. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Does VM uses hardwares directly? Did you bridged it?

Thanks for sharing this great information with us! keep posting

I am using kali linux 2023.2. I have followed the steps but it not showing wifi connectivity what should i do?

Which type of installations you have?

Amazing! Thank you! Finally something that worked. Just had to change to USB3.0, and boom!

hello, i have seen one of your tutorials about wifi problem i found that It doesn't work for me, could you please help me with this. I'm using a asus g15 laptop and running kali linux on vmware, and i have a mediatek mt7921 wireless card as my laptop build in wifi card, but i can't use this as my wireless card in kali linux. pls help.
thank you.

I also met similar problems with MediaTek wifi, MT79xx. I bought a ASUS laptop having that device. It didn't work in Ubuntu, 20.04. I tried various ways floating around the internet, installed several linux versions, did many things but failed at last. I spent a whole day.

I know that if you upgrade kernel module from 5.8 to 5.12 it should work as the kernel has the drivers supporting that device. But evem that didn't work for me. I think it has some bugs maybe.

I did learn that we can check whether any laptop is certified to work properly by Linux.

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