Alfa AWUS036NHV working with kali

[Slarosa]

Ask for help to solve the following problem:
Operating System: Kali-Linux-3.14-vm-amd64.
Wireless adapter: Alfa AWUS036NHV (http://www.alfa.com.tw/products_show.php?pc=34&ps=201)

Hello all,
I have been trying to find a answer to this problem for a bit and nothing on google or an already existing form post cover this alfa so i hope to find a answer for any other person who is stuck like me!
My main goal is to be able to use this alfa to do packit sniffing wifi cracking and other wifi related things.
So I have found this alfa is not fully out of box supported how ever it can be seen by kali, here are some commands with there outputs,

lsusb

root@kali:/# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

iwconfig

root@kali:/# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 unassociated Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

airmon-ng

root@kali:/# airmon-ng


Interface Chipset Driver



dmesg | tail

root@kali:~# dmesg | tail
[96747.696818] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[96766.960471] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[96767.254478] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8179
[96767.254482] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[96767.254485] usb 1-1: Product: 802.11n NIC
[96767.254486] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[96767.260331] Chip Version Info: CHIP_8188E_Normal_Chip_TSMC_D_CUT_1T1R_RomVer(0)
[96767.563750] r8188eu 1-1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin
[96769.249760] MAC Address = 00:c0:ca:85:07:1a
[96769.315203] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready


When looking for wifi in my area it shows this http://imgur.com/719CYYj

Best Regards and thanks for the help,

[Nick_the_Greek]

Hi there!
Maybe I'm missing something somewhere but as far as I know RTL8188EU doesn't support injection and the developer (Mark Greaves) of the driver doesn't seems to be interest to make that driver to support injection.

Take a look here:
http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=11261.msg95881#msg95881


You're best off asking on the aircrack-ng forum:
http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/

I know little about it.

It's my intention to help people with Linux problems, not breaking wireless encryption (even for legitimate purposes).

Even in aircrack forums there are some references about incomparability of aircrack-ng suite and RTL8188EU driver.
http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=389.0

As I said, maybe I missing something. I've done a very quick research.
So, in short, the results you're getting are normal. Unpleasant, but normal..