

usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 7 usb 2-2: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized usb 2-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware - htc_9271.fw download failed usb 2-2: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw usb 2-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48 usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271 usb 2-2: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 bulk endpoint 0x4 has invalid maxpacket 64 usb 2-2: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 bulk endpoint 0x83 has invalid maxpacket 64 usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Quote e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

Currently the only device I can get to function as a wlan device is a nano USB adapter from monoprice running on a Realtek chipset. Maybe there is something simple that I am missing or a simple conflict of version or hardware combinations. Please help, I have spent hours upon hours of debugging this problem with no solution as of yet. With or without manufacturer specific drivers so the adapter is fine. But the device REFUSES to become an active wireless adapter on my linux machine. I run lsusb and the device is connected and recognized as the Atheros chipset. I connect it to the VM and disconnect from the host.

Plus I've followed countless other instruction sets online to get this TP-Link adapter to work with Kali 1.10c running on my VMware Workstation 11.x distro. Interesting, I've followed these instructions (minus the version - I used the latest version available) for installing backports and everything.
