I have installed Kali Linux on many different hardware platforms over the years, in both physical and virtual environments. For the most part its worked and i have been lucky. My last install was on a Dell Inspiron 13 5378 2-in-1 Laptop that I purchased and a light travel machine.
After putting the distro on the the USB Key. Disabling Secure boot as is common and running through the install, Kali fired up. I hopped into a terminal window typed Sudo apt-get update and nothing happened…
Suddenly realising I hadn’t connected to wifi However to my shock, no wifi Icon to allow me to do so.
The Dell Insprion I had purchased came with an Intel 3165 Wireless adapter, and I believe these are proprietary drives not included in the distro.
Add a component to the apt source and Update the list of packages
# apt update
# apt install firmware-iwlwifiThe iwlwifi module should automatically load with supported devices, remove and reinsert the module to access the new firmware
# modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifiThe wifi then springs into life.
I hope this helps and thank you for reading.
