0003122: i am using kali linux docker image and unable to detect wifi card

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003122	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-03-05 03:28	2025-07-14 09:37

Reporter	enigma	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2016.1

Summary	0003122: i am using kali linux docker image and unable to detect wifi card
Description	Dont mind my english. I am new to kali linux. I am using docker image as Vmware and oracle virtual box i cannot access wlan. but in windows 10 with docker image of kali linux i am unable to use wlan as well. i am getting this ls: cannot access '/sys/class/ieee80211/' error every time when i run airmon-ng command
Steps To Reproduce	install docker on windows 10 run kali inside docker run airmon-ng ls: cannot access '/sys/class/ieee80211/' this error will occur
Additional Information	tried different solutions also tried to install drivers for wlan but still facing same issue

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-03-05 03:28	enigma	New Issue
2016-03-07 08:48	rhertzog	Note Added: 0004820
2016-03-07 08:48	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-03-07 08:48	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-03-07 08:48	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal
2025-07-14 09:37	g0tmi1k	Severity	block => minor

rhertzog 2016-03-07 08:48 administrator ~0004820	I'm sorry but this bug tracker is not a support forum. docker is a container, it might not have access to the raw hardware or to the network interface. This is likely a configuration issue on your side and not a problem of Kali.