So, sadly, every thread I come upon doesn't relate to my problem. Whenever I boot Kali 22016.01 live everything works fine except it doesn't connect to the internet. From what I gather, the following info should help:
root@kali:~#ifconfig
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether *Some address* txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
Stuff, stuff, and stuff
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 net mask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scooped 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
root@kali:~# lspci -nnk
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [17aa:3814]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6164 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0041] (rev 20)
Subsystem: Lenovo QCA6164 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [17aa:3545]
It would also be useful for me to note that I don't have a wired or wireless connection on the Kali boot, only when my USB is out and I boot in Windows (wireless).
UPDATE: So I have found out that I need wireless firmware, specifically debian firmware, for my Wifi chip set. I have tried to boot Kali live from a USB with the firmware in /lib/firmware of the USB itself, but whenever I boot in, there is still no wlan interface. I think my problem now is I don't know how to boot in with the firmware in place.
I don't know the exact location that it should be.
I don't know how to boot live with the data there if it resets every time.