Hi im trying to get my WiFi USB adapter going in linux, a distro running in VMWware on a windows machine. It looks like VMWare is capturing the device fine.

I beleive that

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0457:0163 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter

is my device, but I have no options for connecting to a WiFi network in network manager? Do I need to install drivers? Can anyone please help with this, I have very little knowledge when it comes to drivers in linux.

Thanks

deanfourie,

Welcome to LQ.

By the sounds of it you have a Fujitsu laptop with the SiS163U wireless adapter.

Unfortunately, things are probably going to get very messy. The solution requires a lot of command line work.

The alternative is to find a USB wifi adapter which definitely works in Linux.

What distro are you using?

Please open a Terminal and let us have the output of:

Thanks.

Thanks

I get command not found,

Im running Kali Linux.


Thanks

deanfourie,

Why on earth did you not say you were using Kali at the very beginning?

I have wasted time searching for an answer to your problem, assuming you were using a standard Linux distro.

If you are looking for a Linux distribution to learn the basics of Linux and need a good starting point, Kali Linux is not the ideal distribution for you.

http://docs.kali.org/introduction/sh...use-kali-linux

http://www.wirelesshack.org/best-kal...gles-2016.html

http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-kali...gles-2015.html

Good luck.

Kali assumes the end users are advanced and has many features and settings not common to standard distro's.

Sorry I didnt mention it because a lot of people get a bit sceptical when you mention you are using kali! Sorry man!

Also, it doesnt matter. Its a VM so re installing is easy and ive used kali before. I dont mind being thrown right in the deep end to begin with, and I have learnt ALOT with kali.

I guess all im asking at this point is, is this adapter even compatible with linux? I cant find any drivers out there. Only solution I can find is the windows XP driver emulation using NDISwrapper

deanfourie,

The only solution I have found uses ndiswrapper.

Is that any use to you?

EDIT
Well here are the instructions anyway:

Download Windows driver (sis163u.inf) from:

http://puolanka.info/wlan/sis163u.inf.tar.gz

Download it to Desktop.

Then extract it:

This places a folder called WLAN on the Desktop.

NB Change this if dean is not your user name.

Probe the new driver:

iwconfig finds the device if it installed correctly:

Click on Wifi icon in bottom toolbar and enter wifi password.

If this does not work, reboot and check that wifi indicator light is ON.

If not, hold down Fn key and press F2.

Reboot if needed.

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Hey beachboy,

Thanks for the reply. I will give it a go im not going to spend too much time on it as I can get a new adapter for like $7 but ill try it now before buying.


Appreciate your time and help!

root@kali:~/Downloads# tar -xzf driver.tar.gz
root@kali:~/Downloads# ndiswrapper -i WLAN/sis163u.inf
installing sis163u ...
root@kali:~/Downloads# modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
root@kali:~/Downloads# sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
root@kali:~/Downloads#

You may need to run depmod.

Thanks Mate!

Thanks for these wonderful guides. I know this is not the right time to say thanks, but I still wanted share my gratitude.