rtl88x2bu VS rtl8822bu

To me this sounds either like bad drivers or bad hardware. There is a reasonably easy way to rule out drivers; test it in linux. Unfortunately this card is not supported by the kernel, however there are drivers available on github. You can test this in a "Live Linux" environment, where you do not have to install it to disk, all you should need is a USB stick and some patience.

Given that a T3500 didn't come with WiFi back in 2011, I'm guessing this is a USB network adapter. Maybe try this github repo. https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu

git clone https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu.git

https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu Seems like you have to compile these drivers to get the adapter working. I also have a TP-Link wifi adaptor and TP-Link doesn't support the newer Linux kernels and they haven't added it to the Linux kernel by default so it's a bit of a pain to get this working. But if you can figure it out and get it working congrats lol

Is the relevant information... The issue is the rtl88x2bu driver that is built-in to the kernel... It isn't very good. You could consider an alternative driver like https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu using these instructions.

If you are running Kali bare metal or if you have allowed USB pass through then it is most likely a driver issue. Take a look at this repo.

You'd first need to tether your laptop to your phone, then install the kernel headers (sudo pacman -S linux-headers), choose the one that matches your kernel version. Then install this driver. It's in the AUR. Make sure you get the one that says "DKMS" on it.

I have Asus ac53 nano, and the drivers are not included in the kernel. I had to use this driver or this one. All I had to do is install the kernel-devel and kernel-headers then build it from source. They both worked for me. The second was a lot easier to build. As for upgrading the kerenel, every time I upgrade the kernel, the system automatically updates the kernel-headers to match the new one. Never had an issue. I know some TP-link adaptors work out of the box, but I have a laptop, and I really liked how small this nano adaptor is. Hope this helps.

This morning I installed this driver: https://github.com/Mephysto666/rtl8822bu I edited a Makefile line to make it support monitor mode and installed it worked and I was able to use the dongle...  but I noticed that if I use airodump-ng it didn't capture wpa handshakes, so I decided to remove it and install another driver.