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Installed Kali linux in VMware, Wireless Ask Question

adapter not detected

Hi all, I have been

trying since long
0 time to establish
wireless
connection in kali
guest OS on
Windows 10 host. I
have purchased
TP-LINK
TLWN722N
version 2 RealTeck
chipset, As i have
been suggested to
use this for kali.
which is plug and
play. Have a look
at VM settings
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outputs for ifconfig,

iwconfig, lsusb

http://imgur.com/a/Srqi
W

Please let me know

the solution. Had been
reasearching online
quite 2-3 days

linux networking

kali-linux

vmware-player

edited Sep 9 '18 at 13:02

Hennes
59.4k 7 93 144

asked Jul 16 '17 at 17:16

Goron
101 1 1 3

1 Answer

There are two

possibilities:
1
1. Wireless card
not connected
with Virtual
Machine

If this is the case

then you can fix
issue by
connecting
wireless card to
virtual machine.

Go to VM >
Removable
devices >
(wireless card
name/number) >
Connect
(Disconnect
from Host)
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2. Compatible
driver not found
(very less chance
for your case but
maybe)

In this case,
Download Driver
from TP-Link
website and
install it.

Driver Installation
Guide:

1. Unzip drivers zip

file in home folder
2. Open Terminal
and run these
commands:

cd ZippedFolderNam
sudo apt-get insta
make
sudo make install
modprobe rtl8188e

TIP: Try following

commands in terminal:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

edited Jul 16 '17 at 17:46

answered Jul 16 '17 at 17:40

Atlas_Gondal
677 3 7

Yes i get the the

error. Driver was
not installed
successfully –
Goron Jul 16
'17 at 17:42

download driver
from above link
and follow above
guideline (added
i )
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in answer) –
Atlas_Gondal Jul
16 '17 at 17:47

Thank you very

much.. now im
able to see
wireless option..
but I'm not able to
connect to
internet.. though i
can ping
gateway. It's
reachable. But
cant brows
anything –
Goron Jul 17
'17 at 16:18

Please let me
know if you need
any command
outputs.. –
Goron Jul 17
'17 at 16:43

well, that's
strange. First of
all, make sure
you have
installed right
driver because
that device is
available in 2
different version
(1.0 and 2.0). If
so then attach
images for ping
request + these
commands
(ifconfig, iwconfig,
lsusb). Let see,
how can I help
more –
Atlas_Gondal Jul
18 '17 at 17:13

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