The TP-Link Archer T2U Nano on Debian/Kali kernel 6.8.11: no available networks

After some time of playing around with different things, the following steps helped:

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uname -v 
#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.8.11-1kali2 (2024-05-30)

First, check the dongle is available

 

 

 

 

This sequence of commands worked for me:

sudo apt install build-essential git dkms
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd Downloads
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au/
sudo make
dkms_install
dkms status
reboot
# sudo modprobe 8812au
sudo apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
reboot
# Check the driver:
dkms status
8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025, 6.8.11-amd64, x86_64: built 
realtek-rtl8814au/5.8.5.1~git20240527.d8208c8, 6.8.11-amd64, x86_64: installed
realtek-rtl88xxau/5.6.4.2~git20240726.63cf0b4, 6.8.11-amd64, x86_64: installed
# check available wifi 
nmcli dev wifi