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Kali Linux 2021.1 could not find any WIFI networks near me but my host machine does. I am using RAlink 5370 chipset WIFI adapter. I can put this adapter in monitor mode but I could not see any BSSID in airodump-ng.

I have tried:

apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') \
                linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') \
                broadcom-sta-dkms 
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
modprobe wl

but this did not help. I am using USB port 2.0 and bridged connection but it did not help me either.

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

iwconfig:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any 
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm 
Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off 
Power Management:off

Thank you for giving your time.

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    Usually, the only network connection inside virtualbox is the bridge. There is no direct access to the hardware and therefore no way to connect to a network card. It may be possible to give the USB device to the virtualbox OS but the host OS will lose its network connection. I recommend you to forget about this possibility as it is full of problems and most probably it won't work correctly.
    – user232326
    Apr 10, 2021 at 4:19
  • How do you map the host's WiFi adapter to the VM? On the VM, is the adapter visible in the output of lsusb and/or ip a and/or iwconfig? Do you see any kernel messages that refer to the adapter?
    – berndbausch
    Apr 10, 2021 at 4:33
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    print out iwconfig
    – user449077
    Apr 10, 2021 at 5:23
  • The name of the adapter is in lsusb and in iwconfig. Here are its output respectively. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off
    – Vaibhav
    Apr 10, 2021 at 8:16
  • Please add such text to the question. The format in comments makes it very difficult to read it. Was that command run inside the VM or on the host ?
    – user232326
    Apr 11, 2021 at 18:47

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Based on Debian Wiki the wireless firmware is included in firmware-misc-nonfree. In Kali Linux the package is provided by the firmware-nonfree

Unload the wl it is not the correct module driver:

sudo modprobe -rv wl
sudo apt purge broadcom-sta-dkms

Install the require package:

sudo apt install firmware-nonfree
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  • I have unloaded wl and all the drivers are already up to date. Still I can not see available wifi networks near me. Thanks for your time.
    – Vaibhav
    Apr 11, 2021 at 4:56
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I think the problem is in the chipset of wifi adapter. I checked it in Parrot OS but it failed to detect Wifi networks. After going through Amazon reviews I got to know that many people are facing same problem. If anybody is going to buy Leoxsys LEO-HG150N 150Mbps Wireless USB Wi-Fi, I would not recommend buy it.
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