[Solved] Dual wireless interface

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Hi everyone, I have a problem when try to setup 2 wireless interfaces. I use a laptop and it have a wireless device already but I can't use software like Aircrack-ng because that device dont support promiscuous mode so a friend of mine got me an USB wireless device that supports that mode, however when I try to setup the device I cant use it, I alredy installed the drivers(followed this: https://github.com/nlkguy/archer-t2u-plus-linux) but the computer detects that the device exists but I cannot use it. I have searched for some stuff and I found the command inxi -Fxz and in the output I can confirm that the system identifies the USB device as wireless device but I cannot mount it our something like that. Do someone know what am I doing wrong?
I'm using Linux Mint.
the output of inxi:
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-90-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook S15 X530UF v: 1.0
serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X530UF v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X530UF.305 date: 05/21/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 7.9 Wh condition: 32.7/42.1 Wh (78%)
model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-8130U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 17599
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 899 2: 900
3: 899 4: 891
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX130] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce MX130/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-90-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000
bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network
bus ID: 1-3:2
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 104.59 GiB (11.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 52.29 GiB (5.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 38 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2300
Info:
Processes: 209 Uptime: 37m Memory: 3.73 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (48.8%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38
 


Device-2: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network
yes it can see your Usb wi-fi but it has not installed any drivers, TPlink use realtek chipsets to install the correct ones you need to know which chipset is installed.
if i plug my tp-link in and run inxi , this is what i get

Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB
driver: rtl8192cu


Now when you installed Mint did you tick the box to install non free drivers ? [this saves a lot of time]
so we will now try additional drivers from the mint repositoty..
plug in the usb dongle..open menu go to all applications, scroll down to Driver manager, click on , enter password, and let it run
it will check all your hardware, if it finds a suitable driver for your dongle you can activate it from the driver manager , if not then you will need to find which chipset it has

Bwiz
 
Another thought.. upgrading the kernel from 5.4.* to say 5.11.* may help
 
yes it can see your Usb wi-fi but it has not installed any drivers, TPlink use realtek chipsets to install the correct ones you need to know which chipset is installed.
if i plug my tp-link in and run inxi , this is what i get

Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB
driver: rtl8192cu


Now when you installed Mint did you tick the box to install non free drivers ? [this saves a lot of time]
so we will now try additional drivers from the mint repositoty..
plug in the usb dongle..open menu go to all applications, scroll down to Driver manager, click on , enter password, and let it run
it will check all your hardware, if it finds a suitable driver for your dongle you can activate it from the driver manager , if not then you will need to find which chipset it has

Bwiz
I've tryed to update my system and when I go to driver manager I only get the drivers to the GPU. I have a TP-link AC600 and the chipset is this: Realtek RTL8821AU Chipset
Print driver manager:
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