root@kali-vm:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


root@kali-vm:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.210.210.78  netmask 255.255.255.192  broadcast 10.210.210.127
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe08:9a77  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 08:00:27:08:9a:77  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 87  bytes 7862 (7.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 68  bytes 8440 (8.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 20  bytes 1200 (1.1 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 20  bytes 1200 (1.1 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

dmesg |grep ath9k*

[   84.990523] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-pci
[   85.212318] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271
[   85.212324] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[   85.212327] usb 1-2: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[   85.212329] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[   85.212331] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 12345
[   86.468887] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[   86.469075] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[   86.492723] usb 1-2: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
[   86.855909] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 50980
[   88.109566] usb 1-2: Service connection timeout for: 257
[   88.109573] ath9k_htc 1-2:1.0: ath9k_htc: Unable to initialize HTC services
[   88.109582] ath9k_htc: Failed to initialize the device
[   89.534709] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized