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chpwned
2013-04-15, 19:35
Using Kali 1.0.2 on Vmware Fusion (and Vmware Player at work). I have the Alfa awus051nh and it works great. Sniffing b/g/2.4n traffic, injection... no issues.

The only issue is my wireless cannot see my wireless 5Ghz at home. All my systems connect to it with no issues, but it just can't see or connect to it.

I ran 'iwreg set US' and got the following:

wlan0 32 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 38 : 5.19 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 46 : 5.23 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 54 : 5.27 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 62 : 5.31 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Channel 100 : 5.5 GHz
Channel 102 : 5.51 GHz
Channel 104 : 5.52 GHz
Channel 108 : 5.54 GHz
Channel 110 : 5.55 GHz
Channel 112 : 5.56 GHz
Channel 116 : 5.58 GHz
Channel 118 : 5.59 GHz
Channel 132 : 5.66 GHz



I set the card to 'iw reg set EU':

wlan0 32 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 38 : 5.19 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 46 : 5.23 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 54 : 5.27 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 62 : 5.31 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Channel 100 : 5.5 GHz
Channel 102 : 5.51 GHz
Channel 104 : 5.52 GHz
Channel 108 : 5.54 GHz
Channel 110 : 5.55 GHz
Channel 112 : 5.56 GHz
Channel 116 : 5.58 GHz

And here is the 5gHz freqs for Ecuador:

wlan0 32 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 38 : 5.19 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 46 : 5.23 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 54 : 5.27 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 62 : 5.31 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Channel 149 : 5.745 GHz
Channel 151 : 5.755 GHz
Channel 153 : 5.765 GHz
Channel 157 : 5.785 GHz
Channel 159 : 5.795 GHz
Channel 161 : 5.805 GHz
Channel 165 : 5.825 GHz

Is there a specific country code or setting that would allow me to get all the channels, instead of having to change the country settings when I want to scan the entire 5Ghz?

jpkirk
2013-04-22, 18:03
You might start here, although, trying to get all bands is very likely going to bring you nothing but heart-ache and legal trouble.

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory

jk