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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon RinCat

Cannot connect to 5G networks

Open slicingmelon opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

Hi,

I am using a TP-link AC1300 dongle and I've managed to install the driver on kali linux (5.10.0-kali7-amd64). I've noticed that it does not see my 5GHz access point at all. It does see the 2.4GHz one though. My 5G AP is on a openwrt router: Channel 161 VHT 80 Security WPA2/WPA3

I've changed the channel to 36 and now I am able to see the wireless network in network manager but when I try to connect it doesn't work or it crashes.

Any suggestions are welcome, thank you.

slicingmelon avatar Apr 20 '21 13:04 slicingmelon

You need post some logs like dmesg. It appears to be incompatible with your local channel regulations, since channel 161 is not all regions available.

RinCat avatar Apr 20 '21 16:04 RinCat

Edited: I found the issue, NetworkManager was trying to connect using WPA3, I've noticed that in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID. I've changed it to wpa2 and it works.

Btw, I think I was able to see my AP only after I did sudo modprobe 88x2bu vht_enable=2, and only on channel 36 / VHT 80.

Have a nice day!

slicingmelon avatar Apr 21 '21 10:04 slicingmelon