rtl88x2bu VS ath10k-firmware

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.

Update the ath10k firmware

Good questions ☺️ I used duckduckgo (i basicly googled it) "linux kernel qca9377" and arch forums someone asked and mentioned that module (even correcting themselves) and the later dmesg they posted looked promising. The https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k result also lists your exact chipset.

#!/bin/bash cd /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/ sudo mv firmware-5.bin firmware-5.bin.orig sudo mv firmware-6.bin firmware-6.bin.orig sudo wget "https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/QCA9377/hw1.0/CNSS.TF.1.0/firmware-5.bin_CNSS.TF.1.0-00267-QCATFSWPZ-1?raw=true" -O firmware-5.bin sudo modprobe -r ath10k_pci sudo modprobe ath10k_pci sudo dmesg | grep ath10k sudo reboot now

I'm using Ubuntu 20.4 with this card "Qualcomm Atheros QCA617 wifi (ath10k_pci)" and I haven't had any WiFi issues so to speak. This site might help you find a solution: https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware

Did you go here and build the firmware from the latest source? https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware . I remember the ath10k being a nightmare to install years back on one of my old laptops and having to compile the firmware from source directly to get it to work right. Good luck and installing using emerge is usually the preferred but not always best way.

If you mean the QCA6174 folder update, what I did was deleting the folder (/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174) and then replacing it with the one on the repo. I did it because I was following this guide, and I did had to rename 1 file.

Edit. 1. https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware 2. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1129335/how-to-force-the-ath10k-driver-choose-the-firmware-api-6-so-that-i-can-enable-ra