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- April 8, 2023 at 3:50 pm #71780buystuff1234Participant
Hello, i just installed popos as my main machine and installed vmware. But i cant seem to connect the wireless adapter realtek to the vm machine. It doesnt give me an option where i want to to use the usbadapter it just automaticly connects to the main machine. I tried to find the usb drive to eject it but it doesnt show in the gui home directory. And it doesnt appear in the /dev directory either. When i input iwconfig inside popos it reads it perfectly. Im sure im making some silly rookie error. Could you guide me to the right direction please. Thanks
April 8, 2023 at 5:57 pm #71785Diego PérezModeratorHi!
Can you tell me the exact model of your adapter?(brand and model)Thanks!
DiegoApril 12, 2023 at 2:07 pm #71854buystuff1234ParticipantHello Diego, It´s the MK7AC from hak 5.
I have used it before on ParrotOS and Virtualbox.
But now i have the lab set up according to the description in the course. Modified kali with windows 10 as target.When i go inside Kali, to removable devices, then it reads the MediaTek 802.11ac Wlan, i click on connect(disconnect from host)
It comes back with message ¨the connection for the usb device MediaTek was unsuccesful¨.
driver error.
How do i disconnect from the host….April 12, 2023 at 8:52 pm #71863Diego PérezModeratorHi!
Well, that’s not a wireless adapter but a wifi Pineapple, in any case I suggest to ask to hak5 staff, they will know more about how to proceed. I haven’t used such device so can’t really tell.Greetings!
DiegoApril 13, 2023 at 10:43 am #71878buystuff1234ParticipantHello Diego, you are right the wifi pineapple mark 7 is not a wireless adapter. But this device comes with the mark7 and is called the mk7ac. And this is a wireless adapter. When in host machine i input iwconfig it reads the adapter and i can put it on monitor mode and run aircrack without any issues. The problem im facing is when i want to connect the adapter to the virtual machine, it wont disconnect from the host. Even when ifconfig down it wont connect to vmware. Could this be a popos issue….or is there some other command to disconnect from host? Thank you for your time
April 13, 2023 at 9:13 pm #71888Diego PérezModeratorHi!
I don’t think the problem is related Pop-OS, I suggest to ask to hak5 staff instead, but for some reason the Mediatek chipsets commonly have issue with kali. In any case hak5 should have more info about all of this.Greetings!
DiegoApril 14, 2023 at 11:38 am #71895buystuff1234ParticipantAlright ill do that. Thanks
September 18, 2024 at 4:13 pm #192703LesediParticipantHi diego,I have a AC wireless adapter(RealtekRTL8812AU) 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz.
I cant seem to connect the AC wireless adapter realtek mentioned above to the vm machine. It doesnt give me an option where i want to to use the usbadapter it just automaticly connects to the main machine. I tried to find the usb drive to eject it but it doesn’t show even when connected to kali and my laptop. I even restarted my laptop and changed usb settings,I am still experiencing the same issue.
September 18, 2024 at 7:30 pm #192772Diego PérezModeratorHi!
Did you add the card to the USB list as shown in lecture 13? If you did, then make sure that you don’t physically connect the card to the computer until Kali is fully booted, connect the card, then go to the USB settings and check the adapter is there.
If you’ve already done the above, then please try the following suggestions:
– Experiment with connecting the adapter before and after Kali fully loads, and after you log in as root.
– Experiment with setting the adapter to use USB 2.1 and USB 3.1 in VMWare’s USB settings.
– Make sure you connect the adapter directly to the computer, don’t use a hub or an extension.
– And experiment with connecting the adapter to different USB ports.Greetings!
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