SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

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I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali linux Rolling but I am having issues getting it to show up with ifconfig

    root@kali:~# ifconfig

    eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

    inet 192.168.1.139  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255

    inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>

    ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

    RX packets 125  bytes 20180 (19.7 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 72  bytes 14284 (13.9 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536

    inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0

    inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>

    loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)

    RX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    root@kali:~#

Note: I intentionally set the MAC address and inet6 to all 0's for posting this.

I know it exists because i ran iwconfig:

    root@kali:~# iwconfig

    lo        no wireless extensions.



    eth0      no wireless extensions.



    ra0       Ralink STA  



    root@kali:~#

I tried to bring it up but I got an error:

    root@kali:~# ifconfig ra0 up

    SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

    root@kali:~#

I have confirmed that kali knows my adapter is plugged in:

    root@kali:~# lsusb

    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:761a Ralink Technology, Corp. 

    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    root@kali:~#

I never used to have this problem with my old wifi adapter Edimax N150.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

Edit:

This is the output of my linux version:

    root@kali:~# cat /proc/version

    Linux version 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 

    20170321 (Debian 6.3.0-11) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.9.18-1kali1 (2017-04-04)

Output of ip link (again, I censored my MAC Address)

    root@kali:~# ip link

    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1

        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 

    state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 01:01:01:01:01:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    3: ra0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

No output of iw ra0 scan dump:

    root@kali:~# iw ra0 scan dump

    root@kali:~#

It may help to know that I'm running a virtual machine with VirtualBox Version 5.1.20 r114628 (Qt5.6.2) with Guest Additions installed.

Edit 2:
I installed the driver from this github repository using the directions in its README file.

When I run lsmod the following entry appears in the list:

    mt7650u_sta           913408  0

This is what I get when I run airmon-ng:

    root@kali:~# airmon-ng



    PHY Interface   Driver      Chipset



    Warn ON: USB

    null    ra0     ??????      Ralink Technology, Corp.

Here is what appears after I run dmesg --follow and then plug in the adapter:

    [   96.244532] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

    [   96.626526] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=761a

    [   96.626528] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

    [   96.626529] usb 1-1: Product: WiFi

    [   96.626530] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek

    [   96.626531] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1.0

    [   97.370532] rtusb init rt2870 --->

    [   97.370717] 



           === pAd = ffffac2782215000, size = 884464 ===



    [   97.370755] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0

    [   97.370843] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0

    [   97.374196] ==>RT65xx_WLAN_ChipOnOff(): OnOff:1, Reset= 0, pAd-                        >WlanFunCtrl:0x0, Reg-WlanFunCtrl=0xff000002

    [   97.407040] MCUType = 2

    [   97.413761] NVM is EFUSE

    [   97.413763] Endpoint(8) is for In-band Command

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(4) is for WMM0 AC0

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(5) is for WMM0 AC1

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(6) is for WMM0 AC2

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(7) is for WMM0 AC3

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(9) is for WMM1 AC0

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(84) is for Data-In

    [   97.413767] Endpoint(85) is for Command Rsp

    [   97.413962] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

Here is what appears in dmesg --follow after I attempt ifconfig ra0 up.
It seems that at the end an error occurs due to a firmware problem:

    [  452.409459] -->RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.412895] <--RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.417861] fw version:0.1.00 

    [  452.417862] build:7640

    [  452.417862] build time:

    [  452.417862] 2

    [  452.417863] 0

    [  452.417863] 1

    [  452.417863] 3

    [  452.417864] 0

    [  452.417864] 8

    [  452.417864] 2

    [  452.417865] 2

    [  452.417865] 1

    [  452.417865] 6

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417867] _

    [  452.417867] _



    [  452.417868] ilm length = 68780(bytes)

    [  452.417868] dlm length = 11476(bytes)

    [  452.499268] #

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    [  453.259703] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,                 ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  453.259703] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  454.106299] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a0,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.106299] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  454.951937] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.951937] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  455.798542] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9c4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  455.798542] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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            [  456.640787] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0xa6c,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  456.640787] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  456.719216] #

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    [  457.486455] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=IN,         Req=0x7, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  457.564521] #

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    [  458.326274] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  458.326275] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  459.173586] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  459.173586] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  459.173590] loading fw

    [  459.255437] #

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    [  460.028362] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x42, Idx=0x230,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.028363] set fce dma descriptor fail

    [  460.108241] #

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    [  460.883846] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.883847] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  460.883848] ERROR!!! 

    [  460.883848] NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001]

    [  460.883849] !!! rt28xx init fail !!!

edited Apr 24 '17 at 23:16

asked Apr 21 '17 at 21:27

LightbulbCoder

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migrated from serverfault.com Apr 21 '17 at 21:31

This question came from our site for system and network administrators.

It doesn't show up because it's in the "down" state, use ifconfig -a instead, or even better, the newer ip link. Do you get any sensible output with iw ra0 scan dump (as root)? Also, please edit your question with information about your kernel version (cat /proc/version).
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 7:44

@dirkt I added the information you asked for at the end of my post.
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 17:53

Does the problem also appear if you use the WLAN adapter not inside a virtual machine? (So far my guess is either "driver problems/bugs" or "driver doesn't like being virtualized"). Are you using the manufcaturer provided driver, as there seems to be no direct support?
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 18:35

@dirkt There is no problem if I use my old adapter as it would come up in ifconfig as "wlan0" and works perfectly. I was thinking the same thing about not having a driver because I never installed one on my virtual machine. I just plugged it in like I did with my old one expecting it to work. If this is the case and there is no driver installed, can you please provide me with a link to the correct driver for my Linux version?
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 20:34

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Look at dmesg, you may be missing firmware.
– Daniel B
Apr 22 '17 at 23:01

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I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali linux Rolling but I am having issues getting it to show up with ifconfig

    root@kali:~# ifconfig

    eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

    inet 192.168.1.139  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255

    inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>

    ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

    RX packets 125  bytes 20180 (19.7 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 72  bytes 14284 (13.9 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536

    inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0

    inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>

    loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)

    RX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    root@kali:~#

Note: I intentionally set the MAC address and inet6 to all 0's for posting this.

I know it exists because i ran iwconfig:

    root@kali:~# iwconfig

    lo        no wireless extensions.



    eth0      no wireless extensions.



    ra0       Ralink STA  



    root@kali:~#

I tried to bring it up but I got an error:

    root@kali:~# ifconfig ra0 up

    SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

    root@kali:~#

I have confirmed that kali knows my adapter is plugged in:

    root@kali:~# lsusb

    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:761a Ralink Technology, Corp. 

    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    root@kali:~#

I never used to have this problem with my old wifi adapter Edimax N150.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

Edit:

This is the output of my linux version:

    root@kali:~# cat /proc/version

    Linux version 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 

    20170321 (Debian 6.3.0-11) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.9.18-1kali1 (2017-04-04)

Output of ip link (again, I censored my MAC Address)

    root@kali:~# ip link

    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1

        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 

    state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 01:01:01:01:01:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    3: ra0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

No output of iw ra0 scan dump:

    root@kali:~# iw ra0 scan dump

    root@kali:~#

It may help to know that I'm running a virtual machine with VirtualBox Version 5.1.20 r114628 (Qt5.6.2) with Guest Additions installed.

Edit 2:
I installed the driver from this github repository using the directions in its README file.

When I run lsmod the following entry appears in the list:

    mt7650u_sta           913408  0

This is what I get when I run airmon-ng:

    root@kali:~# airmon-ng



    PHY Interface   Driver      Chipset



    Warn ON: USB

    null    ra0     ??????      Ralink Technology, Corp.

Here is what appears after I run dmesg --follow and then plug in the adapter:

    [   96.244532] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

    [   96.626526] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=761a

    [   96.626528] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

    [   96.626529] usb 1-1: Product: WiFi

    [   96.626530] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek

    [   96.626531] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1.0

    [   97.370532] rtusb init rt2870 --->

    [   97.370717] 



           === pAd = ffffac2782215000, size = 884464 ===



    [   97.370755] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0

    [   97.370843] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0

    [   97.374196] ==>RT65xx_WLAN_ChipOnOff(): OnOff:1, Reset= 0, pAd-                        >WlanFunCtrl:0x0, Reg-WlanFunCtrl=0xff000002

    [   97.407040] MCUType = 2

    [   97.413761] NVM is EFUSE

    [   97.413763] Endpoint(8) is for In-band Command

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(4) is for WMM0 AC0

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(5) is for WMM0 AC1

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(6) is for WMM0 AC2

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(7) is for WMM0 AC3

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(9) is for WMM1 AC0

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(84) is for Data-In

    [   97.413767] Endpoint(85) is for Command Rsp

    [   97.413962] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

Here is what appears in dmesg --follow after I attempt ifconfig ra0 up.
It seems that at the end an error occurs due to a firmware problem:

    [  452.409459] -->RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.412895] <--RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.417861] fw version:0.1.00 

    [  452.417862] build:7640

    [  452.417862] build time:

    [  452.417862] 2

    [  452.417863] 0

    [  452.417863] 1

    [  452.417863] 3

    [  452.417864] 0

    [  452.417864] 8

    [  452.417864] 2

    [  452.417865] 2

    [  452.417865] 1

    [  452.417865] 6

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417867] _

    [  452.417867] _



    [  452.417868] ilm length = 68780(bytes)

    [  452.417868] dlm length = 11476(bytes)

    [  452.499268] #

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    [  453.259703] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,                 ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  453.259703] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  454.106299] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a0,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.106299] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  454.951937] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.951937] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  455.798542] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9c4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  455.798542] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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            [  456.640787] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0xa6c,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  456.640787] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  457.486455] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=IN,         Req=0x7, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

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    [  458.326274] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  458.326275] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  458.999740] #

    [  459.084463] #

    [  459.168569] #

    [  459.173586] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  459.173586] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  459.173590] loading fw

    [  459.255437] #

    [  459.341691] #

    [  459.426935] #

    [  459.512550] #

    [  459.595554] #

    [  459.682797] #

    [  459.769404] #

    [  459.851295] #

    [  459.939827] #

    [  460.023352] #

    [  460.028362] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x42, Idx=0x230,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.028363] set fce dma descriptor fail

    [  460.108241] #

    [  460.195122] #

    [  460.280030] #

    [  460.367394] #

    [  460.455716] #

    [  460.538948] #

    [  460.623427] #

    [  460.711544] #

    [  460.795256] #

    [  460.878787] #

    [  460.883846] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.883847] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  460.883848] ERROR!!! 

    [  460.883848] NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001]

    [  460.883849] !!! rt28xx init fail !!!

edited Apr 24 '17 at 23:16

asked Apr 21 '17 at 21:27

LightbulbCoder

1113

migrated from serverfault.com Apr 21 '17 at 21:31

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It doesn't show up because it's in the "down" state, use ifconfig -a instead, or even better, the newer ip link. Do you get any sensible output with iw ra0 scan dump (as root)? Also, please edit your question with information about your kernel version (cat /proc/version).
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 7:44

@dirkt I added the information you asked for at the end of my post.
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 17:53

Does the problem also appear if you use the WLAN adapter not inside a virtual machine? (So far my guess is either "driver problems/bugs" or "driver doesn't like being virtualized"). Are you using the manufcaturer provided driver, as there seems to be no direct support?
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 18:35

@dirkt There is no problem if I use my old adapter as it would come up in ifconfig as "wlan0" and works perfectly. I was thinking the same thing about not having a driver because I never installed one on my virtual machine. I just plugged it in like I did with my old one expecting it to work. If this is the case and there is no driver installed, can you please provide me with a link to the correct driver for my Linux version?
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 20:34

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Look at dmesg, you may be missing firmware.
– Daniel B
Apr 22 '17 at 23:01

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I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali linux Rolling but I am having issues getting it to show up with ifconfig

    root@kali:~# ifconfig

    eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

    inet 192.168.1.139  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255

    inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>

    ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

    RX packets 125  bytes 20180 (19.7 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 72  bytes 14284 (13.9 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536

    inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0

    inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>

    loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)

    RX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    root@kali:~#

Note: I intentionally set the MAC address and inet6 to all 0's for posting this.

I know it exists because i ran iwconfig:

    root@kali:~# iwconfig

    lo        no wireless extensions.



    eth0      no wireless extensions.



    ra0       Ralink STA  



    root@kali:~#

I tried to bring it up but I got an error:

    root@kali:~# ifconfig ra0 up

    SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

    root@kali:~#

I have confirmed that kali knows my adapter is plugged in:

    root@kali:~# lsusb

    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:761a Ralink Technology, Corp. 

    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    root@kali:~#

I never used to have this problem with my old wifi adapter Edimax N150.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

Edit:

This is the output of my linux version:

    root@kali:~# cat /proc/version

    Linux version 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 

    20170321 (Debian 6.3.0-11) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.9.18-1kali1 (2017-04-04)

Output of ip link (again, I censored my MAC Address)

    root@kali:~# ip link

    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1

        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 

    state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 01:01:01:01:01:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    3: ra0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

No output of iw ra0 scan dump:

    root@kali:~# iw ra0 scan dump

    root@kali:~#

It may help to know that I'm running a virtual machine with VirtualBox Version 5.1.20 r114628 (Qt5.6.2) with Guest Additions installed.

Edit 2:
I installed the driver from this github repository using the directions in its README file.

When I run lsmod the following entry appears in the list:

    mt7650u_sta           913408  0

This is what I get when I run airmon-ng:

    root@kali:~# airmon-ng



    PHY Interface   Driver      Chipset



    Warn ON: USB

    null    ra0     ??????      Ralink Technology, Corp.

Here is what appears after I run dmesg --follow and then plug in the adapter:

    [   96.244532] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

    [   96.626526] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=761a

    [   96.626528] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

    [   96.626529] usb 1-1: Product: WiFi

    [   96.626530] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek

    [   96.626531] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1.0

    [   97.370532] rtusb init rt2870 --->

    [   97.370717] 



           === pAd = ffffac2782215000, size = 884464 ===



    [   97.370755] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0

    [   97.370843] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0

    [   97.374196] ==>RT65xx_WLAN_ChipOnOff(): OnOff:1, Reset= 0, pAd-                        >WlanFunCtrl:0x0, Reg-WlanFunCtrl=0xff000002

    [   97.407040] MCUType = 2

    [   97.413761] NVM is EFUSE

    [   97.413763] Endpoint(8) is for In-band Command

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(4) is for WMM0 AC0

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(5) is for WMM0 AC1

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(6) is for WMM0 AC2

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(7) is for WMM0 AC3

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(9) is for WMM1 AC0

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(84) is for Data-In

    [   97.413767] Endpoint(85) is for Command Rsp

    [   97.413962] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

Here is what appears in dmesg --follow after I attempt ifconfig ra0 up.
It seems that at the end an error occurs due to a firmware problem:

    [  452.409459] -->RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.412895] <--RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.417861] fw version:0.1.00 

    [  452.417862] build:7640

    [  452.417862] build time:

    [  452.417862] 2

    [  452.417863] 0

    [  452.417863] 1

    [  452.417863] 3

    [  452.417864] 0

    [  452.417864] 8

    [  452.417864] 2

    [  452.417865] 2

    [  452.417865] 1

    [  452.417865] 6

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417867] _

    [  452.417867] _



    [  452.417868] ilm length = 68780(bytes)

    [  452.417868] dlm length = 11476(bytes)

    [  452.499268] #

    [  452.584208] #

    [  452.669704] #

    [  452.751712] #

    [  452.835845] #

    [  452.921746] #

    [  453.002859] #

    [  453.086978] #

    [  453.171254] #

    [  453.254671] #

    [  453.259703] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,                 ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  453.259703] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  453.339791] #

    [  453.425475] #

    [  453.511495] #

    [  453.595779] #

    [  453.678897] #

    [  453.762715] #

    [  453.846344] #

    [  453.930761] #

    [  454.015048] #

    [  454.101210] #

    [  454.106299] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a0,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.106299] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  454.187120] #

    [  454.271227] #

    [  454.356669] #

    [  454.438907] #

    [  454.522086] #

    [  454.606318] #

    [  454.691650] #

    [  454.774580] #

    [  454.861492] #

    [  454.946881] #

    [  454.951937] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.951937] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  455.030339] #

    [  455.113684] #

    [  455.198504] #

    [  455.281715] #

    [  455.366429] #

    [  455.457864] #

    [  455.541956] #

    [  455.627037] #

    [  455.712217] #

    [  455.793512] #

    [  455.798542] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9c4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  455.798542] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  455.877982] #

    [  455.961774] #

    [  456.045695] #

    [  456.131480] #

    [  456.215752] #

    [  456.297832] #

    [  456.382229] #

    [  456.465221] #

    [  456.549737] #

    [  456.635715] #

            [  456.640787] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0xa6c,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  456.640787] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  456.719216] #

    [  456.801377] #

    [  456.889631] #

    [  456.976462] #

    [  457.061738] #

    [  457.144773] #

    [  457.228654] #

    [  457.313486] #

    [  457.397397] #

    [  457.481365] #

    [  457.486455] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0, ReqType=IN,         Req=0x7, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  457.564521] #

    [  457.648699] #

    [  457.732465] #

    [  457.817127] #

    [  457.900727] #

    [  457.984601] #

    [  458.068554] #

    [  458.152929] #

    [  458.236699] #

    [  458.321164] #

    [  458.326274] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  458.326275] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  458.405021] #

    [  458.489897] #

    [  458.575184] #

    [  458.660094] #

    [  458.747811] #

    [  458.832438] #

    [  458.915785] #

    [  458.999740] #

    [  459.084463] #

    [  459.168569] #

    [  459.173586] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  459.173586] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  459.173590] loading fw

    [  459.255437] #

    [  459.341691] #

    [  459.426935] #

    [  459.512550] #

    [  459.595554] #

    [  459.682797] #

    [  459.769404] #

    [  459.851295] #

    [  459.939827] #

    [  460.023352] #

    [  460.028362] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x42, Idx=0x230,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.028363] set fce dma descriptor fail

    [  460.108241] #

    [  460.195122] #

    [  460.280030] #

    [  460.367394] #

    [  460.455716] #

    [  460.538948] #

    [  460.623427] #

    [  460.711544] #

    [  460.795256] #

    [  460.878787] #

    [  460.883846] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.883847] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  460.883848] ERROR!!! 

    [  460.883848] NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001]

    [  460.883849] !!! rt28xx init fail !!!

edited Apr 24 '17 at 23:16

asked Apr 21 '17 at 21:27

LightbulbCoder

1113

I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali linux Rolling but I am having issues getting it to show up with ifconfig

    root@kali:~# ifconfig

    eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

    inet 192.168.1.139  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255

    inet6 0000::000:0000:0000:0000  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>

    ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

    RX packets 125  bytes 20180 (19.7 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 72  bytes 14284 (13.9 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536

    inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0

    inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>

    loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)

    RX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 20  bytes 1116 (1.0 KiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0



    root@kali:~#

Note: I intentionally set the MAC address and inet6 to all 0's for posting this.

I know it exists because i ran iwconfig:

    root@kali:~# iwconfig

    lo        no wireless extensions.



    eth0      no wireless extensions.



    ra0       Ralink STA  



    root@kali:~#

I tried to bring it up but I got an error:

    root@kali:~# ifconfig ra0 up

    SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted

    root@kali:~#

I have confirmed that kali knows my adapter is plugged in:

    root@kali:~# lsusb

    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:761a Ralink Technology, Corp. 

    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    root@kali:~#

I never used to have this problem with my old wifi adapter Edimax N150.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

Edit:

This is the output of my linux version:

    root@kali:~# cat /proc/version

    Linux version 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 

    20170321 (Debian 6.3.0-11) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.9.18-1kali1 (2017-04-04)

Output of ip link (again, I censored my MAC Address)

    root@kali:~# ip link

    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1

        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 

    state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 01:01:01:01:01:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    3: ra0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode 

    DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

        link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

No output of iw ra0 scan dump:

    root@kali:~# iw ra0 scan dump

    root@kali:~#

It may help to know that I'm running a virtual machine with VirtualBox Version 5.1.20 r114628 (Qt5.6.2) with Guest Additions installed.

Edit 2:
I installed the driver from this github repository using the directions in its README file.

When I run lsmod the following entry appears in the list:

    mt7650u_sta           913408  0

This is what I get when I run airmon-ng:

    root@kali:~# airmon-ng



    PHY Interface   Driver      Chipset



    Warn ON: USB

    null    ra0     ??????      Ralink Technology, Corp.

Here is what appears after I run dmesg --follow and then plug in the adapter:

    [   96.244532] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

    [   96.626526] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=761a

    [   96.626528] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

    [   96.626529] usb 1-1: Product: WiFi

    [   96.626530] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: MediaTek

    [   96.626531] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 1.0

    [   97.370532] rtusb init rt2870 --->

    [   97.370717] 



           === pAd = ffffac2782215000, size = 884464 ===



    [   97.370755] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0

    [   97.370843] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0

    [   97.374196] ==>RT65xx_WLAN_ChipOnOff(): OnOff:1, Reset= 0, pAd-                        >WlanFunCtrl:0x0, Reg-WlanFunCtrl=0xff000002

    [   97.407040] MCUType = 2

    [   97.413761] NVM is EFUSE

    [   97.413763] Endpoint(8) is for In-band Command

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(4) is for WMM0 AC0

    [   97.413764] Endpoint(5) is for WMM0 AC1

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(6) is for WMM0 AC2

    [   97.413765] Endpoint(7) is for WMM0 AC3

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(9) is for WMM1 AC0

    [   97.413766] Endpoint(84) is for Data-In

    [   97.413767] Endpoint(85) is for Command Rsp

    [   97.413962] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

Here is what appears in dmesg --follow after I attempt ifconfig ra0 up.
It seems that at the end an error occurs due to a firmware problem:

    [  452.409459] -->RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.412895] <--RTUSBVenderReset

    [  452.417861] fw version:0.1.00 

    [  452.417862] build:7640

    [  452.417862] build time:

    [  452.417862] 2

    [  452.417863] 0

    [  452.417863] 1

    [  452.417863] 3

    [  452.417864] 0

    [  452.417864] 8

    [  452.417864] 2

    [  452.417865] 2

    [  452.417865] 1

    [  452.417865] 6

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] 5

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417866] _

    [  452.417867] _

    [  452.417867] _



    [  452.417868] ilm length = 68780(bytes)

    [  452.417868] dlm length = 11476(bytes)

    [  452.499268] #

    [  452.584208] #

    [  452.669704] #

    [  452.751712] #

    [  452.835845] #

    [  452.921746] #

    [  453.002859] #

    [  453.086978] #

    [  453.171254] #

    [  453.254671] #

    [  453.259703] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,                 ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  453.259703] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  453.339791] #

    [  453.425475] #

    [  453.511495] #

    [  453.595779] #

    [  453.678897] #

    [  453.762715] #

    [  453.846344] #

    [  453.930761] #

    [  454.015048] #

    [  454.101210] #

    [  454.106299] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a0,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.106299] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  454.187120] #

    [  454.271227] #

    [  454.356669] #

    [  454.438907] #

    [  454.522086] #

    [  454.606318] #

    [  454.691650] #

    [  454.774580] #

    [  454.861492] #

    [  454.946881] #

    [  454.951937] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9a4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  454.951937] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  455.030339] #

    [  455.113684] #

    [  455.198504] #

    [  455.281715] #

    [  455.366429] #

    [  455.457864] #

    [  455.541956] #

    [  455.627037] #

    [  455.712217] #

    [  455.793512] #

    [  455.798542] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x9c4,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  455.798542] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  455.877982] #

    [  455.961774] #

    [  456.045695] #

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    [  456.640787] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  458.326274] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  458.326275] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

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    [  459.173586] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x238,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  459.173586] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  459.173590] loading fw

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    [  460.028362] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x42, Idx=0x230,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.028363] set fce dma descriptor fail

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    [  460.883846] RTUSB_VendorRequest failed(-110),TxFlags=0x0,         ReqType=OUT, Req=0x6, Idx=0x800,pAd->Flags=0x0

    [  460.883847] VendrCmdMultiWrite_nBytes failed!

    [  460.883848] ERROR!!! 

    [  460.883848] NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001]

    [  460.883849] !!! rt28xx init fail !!!

linux ifconfig wireless-bridge

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It doesn't show up because it's in the "down" state, use ifconfig -a instead, or even better, the newer ip link. Do you get any sensible output with iw ra0 scan dump (as root)? Also, please edit your question with information about your kernel version (cat /proc/version).
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 7:44

@dirkt I added the information you asked for at the end of my post.
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 17:53

Does the problem also appear if you use the WLAN adapter not inside a virtual machine? (So far my guess is either "driver problems/bugs" or "driver doesn't like being virtualized"). Are you using the manufcaturer provided driver, as there seems to be no direct support?
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 18:35

@dirkt There is no problem if I use my old adapter as it would come up in ifconfig as "wlan0" and works perfectly. I was thinking the same thing about not having a driver because I never installed one on my virtual machine. I just plugged it in like I did with my old one expecting it to work. If this is the case and there is no driver installed, can you please provide me with a link to the correct driver for my Linux version?
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 20:34

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Look at dmesg, you may be missing firmware.
– Daniel B
Apr 22 '17 at 23:01

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It doesn't show up because it's in the "down" state, use ifconfig -a instead, or even better, the newer ip link. Do you get any sensible output with iw ra0 scan dump (as root)? Also, please edit your question with information about your kernel version (cat /proc/version).
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 7:44

@dirkt I added the information you asked for at the end of my post.
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 17:53

Does the problem also appear if you use the WLAN adapter not inside a virtual machine? (So far my guess is either "driver problems/bugs" or "driver doesn't like being virtualized"). Are you using the manufcaturer provided driver, as there seems to be no direct support?
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 18:35

@dirkt There is no problem if I use my old adapter as it would come up in ifconfig as "wlan0" and works perfectly. I was thinking the same thing about not having a driver because I never installed one on my virtual machine. I just plugged it in like I did with my old one expecting it to work. If this is the case and there is no driver installed, can you please provide me with a link to the correct driver for my Linux version?
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 20:34

1

Look at dmesg, you may be missing firmware.
– Daniel B
Apr 22 '17 at 23:01

It doesn't show up because it's in the "down" state, use ifconfig -a instead, or even better, the newer ip link. Do you get any sensible output with iw ra0 scan dump (as root)? Also, please edit your question with information about your kernel version (cat /proc/version).
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 7:44

@dirkt I added the information you asked for at the end of my post.
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 17:53

Does the problem also appear if you use the WLAN adapter not inside a virtual machine? (So far my guess is either "driver problems/bugs" or "driver doesn't like being virtualized"). Are you using the manufcaturer provided driver, as there seems to be no direct support?
– dirkt
Apr 22 '17 at 18:35

@dirkt There is no problem if I use my old adapter as it would come up in ifconfig as "wlan0" and works perfectly. I was thinking the same thing about not having a driver because I never installed one on my virtual machine. I just plugged it in like I did with my old one expecting it to work. If this is the case and there is no driver installed, can you please provide me with a link to the correct driver for my Linux version?
– LightbulbCoder
Apr 22 '17 at 20:34

Look at dmesg, you may be missing firmware.
– Daniel B
Apr 22 '17 at 23:01

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