lwfinger
8851b Driver issue on Kali
Having issues getting my wifi adapter to work on the newest version of Kali any help would be appreciated
Need anymore info just let me know
firmware 8851b rtw_8851b
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*-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: ioport:4000(size=256) memory:84f00000-84ffffff
lspci -k
Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b851 Subsystem: AzureWave Device 6110 Kernel modules: rtw_8851be
dmesg -t
rtw89core: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. rtw89core: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel input: HDA Intel PCH Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input15 input: HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input16 input: HDA Intel PCH Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input17 input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input18 input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input19 rtw89pci: disagrees about version of symbol rtw89_alloc_ieee80211_hw rtw89pci: Unknown symbol rtw89_alloc_ieee80211_hw (err -22) rtw89pci: disagrees about version of symbol rtw89_core_napi_init rtw89pci: Unknown symbol rtw89_core_napi_init (err -22) rtw89pci: disagrees about version of symbol rtw89_core_unregister
It's a issue with late Lenovo and Hp laptops. U can see the issue on the arch wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#Troubleshooting_drivers_and_firmware
It comes under RTW89
GitHub Link https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89#option-configuration
