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wice
2017-04-18, 15:57
Hi
I did check the recommended cards list and one of them was RT3070
http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-kali-linux-compatible-usb-adapters-dongles-2015.html

The card seems to be working out of the box, it is recognized
and kind of installed
it also goes in to the monitoring mode
BUT airodump-ng can not display anything when scanning

airodump-ng wlan0mon

Here are the needed details:
lsusb:


@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
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


and dmsg:


[ 4.234687] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 4.577485] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3070, rev 0201 detected
[ 4.893303] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0005 detected
[ 4.900537] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 4.900989] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[ 5.228205] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
[ 5.243925] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 5.249682] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 5.251042] e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
[ 5.252366] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 5.265165] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 5.265209] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
[ 5.266964] rt2800usb 1-1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rt2870.bin
[ 5.266970] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36
[ 8.285701] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 8.653786] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 295.196705] fuse init (API version 7.24)
[ 297.410811] NET: Registered protocol family 40
[ 585.143956] device wlan0mon entered promiscuous mode

and iwconfig:



@kali:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0mon IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.427 GHz Tx-Power=35 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

eth0 no wireless extensions.


Now here is how it goes in to the monitoring mode:


@kali:~# airmon-ng check kill && airmon-ng start wlan0


PHY Interface Driver Chipset

phy0 wlan0 rt2800usb Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070

(mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
(mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)




here what it does with


CH 8 ][ ELAPSED: 1 min ][ 2017-04-18 16:13

BSSID PWR Beacons #Data #/s CH MB ENC CIPHER AUTH ESSID


BSSID STATION PWR Rate Lost Frames Probe


So no scan results are coming up

I believe there is something I'm missing ...
it works fine with Windows, scans and lists all networks...

Could u help in this one ?

wice
2017-04-19, 12:48
Ok Sorted the issue,

The Device is too powerful, by specs its High Power(5800MW) 58DBI
I have set TX to 35 dBm , which is 3,2 W, so it seems it needed more power,
I changed USB2 to USB3 in VMware Settings, and it works just fine,

By the way if this spec is troth, I can increase up to 47 DBI which is
50 W (Sounds bit unrealistic :) ) but question is what is Safe no "Self harm" limit ?