WiFi does not come up

[z7vl7abxc]

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c822] Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [17aa:c123] Kernel driver in use: rtw_8822ce Kernel modules: rtw88_8822ce

you should be able to run

modinfo rtw88_8822ce

to see if it is the correct driver for your adapter. this is a probe from the linux hardware database of a system running kali 2023.2 using the same wifi adapter: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=f725e1bd1a

the driver noted as working is the same as yours.

 

[AlexTS]

you should be able to run

modinfo rtw88_8822ce

to see if it is the correct driver for your adapter. this is a probe from the linux hardware database of a system running kali 2023.2 using the same wifi adapter: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=f725e1bd1a

the driver noted as working is the same as yours.

fowhatevr reason modinfo does not accept second part

rtw88_8822ce

 

[Brickwizard]

Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [17aa:c123] Kernel driver in use: rtw_8822ce Kernel modules: rtw88_8822ce

Have you tried the obvious? Check for a hard block [flight mode]
if it is not blocked, then try a bios re-set.. Save work, disconnect all cables, press and hold power button down for 60 seconds, release and switch on

 

[z7vl7abxc]

fowhatevr reason modinfo does not accept second part

can you explain what you mean by does not accept? you get no output or is there an error message?

it may help to know exactly which version of kali you are running this is output of the command lsb_release -a from a kali purple virtual machine i have set up:

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description:    Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release:        2023.2
Codename:       kali-rolling

this is the output of the previously mentioned modinfo command:

modinfo rtw88_8822ce
filename:       /lib/modules/6.1.0-kali9-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw88_8822ce.ko
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Realtek 802.11ac wireless 8822ce driver
author:         Realtek Corporation
alias:          pci:v000010ECd0000C82Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd0000C822sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        rtw88_pci,rtw88_8822c

as has been mentioned, you may be able to check rfkill info a different way. my virtual machine doesn't have a wifi adapter, but when i run

journalctl -b | grep -i rfkill

on a different system with one there is a message about a wifi radio kill switch at a file location like /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1/. in that directory (yours may be different) there are files for "hard" and "soft" that correspond to the rfkill block state. blocked has a value 1 and unblocked is a 0.

rfkill
ID TYPE      DEVICE                 SOFT      HARD
 0 bluetooth tpacpi_bluetooth_sw blocked unblocked
 1 wlan      phy0                blocked unblocked
cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1/{hard,soft}
0
1