2020-Oct UPDATE: ALFA AWUS036NEH WiFi Running under VMWare Kali Linux 2020.1 SOLUTION with inconsistency: change options simply from USB 2.0 => USB 3.1
Had the same issue and even was looking to update the drivers, although it would probably not help as these are the latest drivers anyhow.
Setup: Host Windows 8.1 ver 6.3.9600 running VMWare Player 16 Kali Linux 2020.1 with Alfa AWUS036NEH USB, i7 CPU
Problem (very similar to topic):
At start the dingle works fine. First monitor mode also works. First airodump-ng shows all networks. After that the issues start.
No more airodump-ng possible, no successive scans possible etc. The inconsistency leads someone to believe it is a Kali problem of not recognizing or installing the card properly. It does not seem to be the case.
Solution:
Thanks for the tip on looking in the USB Virtual machine setting. As it is clearly recommended in many places & tutprials to "match" the WiFi dongle to it's native USB2.0 state this seems exactly to not run consistently. Switching to USB3.1 in the VMWare setting fixes everything and all scans work continuously and consistently multiple times. It is not the drivers, nor Kali, nor the VM software itself.
Let me know if questions. glasfactor@gmail.com
