This wifi adapter is an important weapon for penetration testers due to its feature that supports monitor and packet injection mode on a 2.4Ghz network. However, even if Alfa said it is already supported out of the box in Kali Linux, I found it unstable out of the box. Sometimes it goes undetected. So here is what I did to make it stable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure to update your Kali first After everything is up to date, reboot. Install Realtek module Clone the driver repository Go inside the repository, build, then install. Don’t forget to reboot after that. Now you should be able to check the wifi status using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope this helps \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This wifi adapter is an important weapon for penetration testers due to its feature that supports monitor and packet injection mode on a 2.4Ghz network. However, even if Alfa said it is already supported out of the box in Kali Linux, I found it unstable out of the box. Sometimes it goes undetected. 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<\/p>\n\n\n\ncd rtl8812au<\/code>sudo make<\/code>sudo make install<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo reboot now<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\niwconfig<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n