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Running Kali linux and ax210 intel wireless card. Installed the driver .59 ucode. Getting the following dmseg....

Saw some post about deleting the file iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm in /lib/firmware but I don't see that file in my /lib/firmware directory. Could it be somewhere else or is that an old fix?

# dmesg | grep iwlwifi [ 3.956693] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 3.968428] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode [ 3.968437] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver [ 3.968452] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 93.8.63.28 [ 3.968672] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 59.601f3a66.0 ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [ 3.968682] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2) [ 4.102730] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420 [ 4.258916] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm (-2) [ 4.328799] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: base HW address: a4:6b:b6:3d:61:fc # ip a 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope hostg valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 8c:04:ba:99:7c:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.218/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0 valid_lft 82392sec preferred_lft 82392sec inet6 fe80::8e04:baff:fe99:7c57/64 scope link noprefixrouteg valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 72:4b:92:74:8c:bc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr a4:6b:b6:3d:61:fc

I run:

ip link set wlan0 up

but it still shows as DOWN.

Anyone have any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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  • What kernel are you running? Commented Aug 5, 2021 at 16:56
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    I'm not telling that the Wireless card is working or not, but that's a normal state for a Wireless card unless it's associated for example to an Access Point. Bringing it administratively up isn't enough for Wireless. You need a tool like wpa_supplicant to handle it. Being on Kali linux, this tool might not be running by default. Commented Aug 5, 2021 at 18:03
  • /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm is in the firmware-iwlwifi package on debian, I'd guess that it's probably the same package name on kali. Try apt install firmware-iwlwifi. Commented Aug 6, 2021 at 1:42
  • Kernel 5.10.0-kali8-amd64. Debian 5.10.40-1kali Commented Aug 6, 2021 at 19:59
  • @cas firmware-iwlwifi is already the newest version (20210315-2kali) Commented Aug 6, 2021 at 20:00

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On Kali something is needed to manage wpa_supplicant to use adapter (that can be network-manager or someother wpa_supplicant management tool). It may have to do with the way Kali connects ip and ifconfig - they have been linked in recent versions. Previously and usually (if network-utilities are installed on debian 10, then ifconfig and ip conflict, then forcing one to be disabled).

Recently I discovered the chipset of the adapter may cause problems when using IP command (this post may help solve your question).

For this excercise assume $adpt is your adapter (substitute yours with correct wlan0, wlan1, or wl0j3p, etc. )

service network-manager stop sudo ifconfig -a | grep wlan
  • to confirm what ifconfig is calling wlan
sudo ip link set $adpt down sudo ifconfig $adpt down sudo ifconfig $adpt hw ether A1:11:A1:A1:A1:11 sudo ip link set $adpt address A1:11:A1:A1:A1:11 sudo macchanger -m A1:11:A1:A1:A1:11 $adpt
  • may not be necessary in your case but it also may be needed....
sudo ifconfig $adpt up sudo ifconfig -a
  • verification step before moving forward
sudo service network-manager start sudo service network-manager status | grep status
  • another verification step (it is surprising how many places the network adapter can be lost using IP so it is useful to check it every step of the way and backtrack to beginning if something corrupts the adapter)
sudo nmcli c up id xyzz-wirelessnet
  • if using network-manager if not then different connection command likely used
nmcli c show --active

Although Kali forum sometimes ignore some user questions, but historically unix.stackexchange will delete/close questions stating kali and refer user to kali forums...reddit will not close/delete but the braintrust may not be as helpful....just fyi for future reference.

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