ExecutiveArka
2017-10-07, 06:59
Hello,
I've been trying to get my new ALFA AWUS036NHA to work with my Rpi 3 and yet when I plug it in through a powered usb hub the wifi adapter shows up in lsusb but never in iwconfig or airmon-ng. Apparently it should work without trouble by just plugging it in but that has not been working for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been re-imaging my micro SD for days now.
I am currently running the Kali ARM image: "kali-2017.2-rpi3-nexmon.img"
Here is a sample of code of common commands that requested whenever an issue like this is presented.
root@kali:~# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=31 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
root@kali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fe78:87c5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether b8:27:eb:78:87:c5 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 210481 bytes 307368395 (293.1 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 130935 bytes 10417192 (9.9 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 76:77:dc:84:41:09 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3111 bytes 1370855 (1.3 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 3111 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
root@kali:~# airmon-ng
PHY Interface Driver Chipset
phy0 wlan0 ?????? Broadcom 43430
root@kali:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ath9k_htc 56142 0
ath9k_common 21702 1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw 415116 2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath 18741 3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
mac80211 532098 1 ath9k_htc
brcmfmac 2286902 0
brcmutil 5661 1 brcmfmac
cfg80211 429089 5 ath,ath9k_common,brcmfmac,mac80211,ath9k_htc
rfkill 16082 3 cfg80211
bcm2835_wdt 3225 0
bcm2835_gpiomem 2976 0
uio_pdrv_genirq 3164 0
uio 8128 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
ip_tables 11445 0
x_tables 13293 1 ip_tables
ipv6 347371 20
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@kali:~#
The item "VIA Labs" in lsusb is my powered USB hub.
I have the following but to no avail, I am certainly willing to try them again if they yield any extra information:
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get dist-upgrade"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get install kali-linux-full"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get install firmware-atheros"
Plugged in the adapter before and after download and running the raspi-config file supplied by official Raspberry Pi sources to increase the allocated storage space on my SD
Plugged the adapter straight into the Pi, circumventing the powered USB hub
Done all of the above and rebooting whenever possible
Done all of the above and re-imaged and tried a different combinatoin
Done all of the above with a different AWUS036NHA adapter
Tested both adapters on a Desktop VM running Kali 2017.2 64-bit and both worked perfectly.
At this point I would be over the moon if I was told that the AWUS036NHA model was incompatible with the current Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and/or the current supplied image so any response at all is highly appreciated.
I've been trying to get my new ALFA AWUS036NHA to work with my Rpi 3 and yet when I plug it in through a powered usb hub the wifi adapter shows up in lsusb but never in iwconfig or airmon-ng. Apparently it should work without trouble by just plugging it in but that has not been working for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been re-imaging my micro SD for days now.
I am currently running the Kali ARM image: "kali-2017.2-rpi3-nexmon.img"
Here is a sample of code of common commands that requested whenever an issue like this is presented.
root@kali:~# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=31 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
root@kali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fe78:87c5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether b8:27:eb:78:87:c5 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 210481 bytes 307368395 (293.1 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 130935 bytes 10417192 (9.9 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 76:77:dc:84:41:09 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3111 bytes 1370855 (1.3 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 3111 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
root@kali:~# airmon-ng
PHY Interface Driver Chipset
phy0 wlan0 ?????? Broadcom 43430
root@kali:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ath9k_htc 56142 0
ath9k_common 21702 1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw 415116 2 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc
ath 18741 3 ath9k_common,ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
mac80211 532098 1 ath9k_htc
brcmfmac 2286902 0
brcmutil 5661 1 brcmfmac
cfg80211 429089 5 ath,ath9k_common,brcmfmac,mac80211,ath9k_htc
rfkill 16082 3 cfg80211
bcm2835_wdt 3225 0
bcm2835_gpiomem 2976 0
uio_pdrv_genirq 3164 0
uio 8128 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
ip_tables 11445 0
x_tables 13293 1 ip_tables
ipv6 347371 20
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@kali:~#
The item "VIA Labs" in lsusb is my powered USB hub.
I have the following but to no avail, I am certainly willing to try them again if they yield any extra information:
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get dist-upgrade"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get install kali-linux-full"
Plugged in the adapter before and after running "apt-get install firmware-atheros"
Plugged in the adapter before and after download and running the raspi-config file supplied by official Raspberry Pi sources to increase the allocated storage space on my SD
Plugged the adapter straight into the Pi, circumventing the powered USB hub
Done all of the above and rebooting whenever possible
Done all of the above and re-imaged and tried a different combinatoin
Done all of the above with a different AWUS036NHA adapter
Tested both adapters on a Desktop VM running Kali 2017.2 64-bit and both worked perfectly.
At this point I would be over the moon if I was told that the AWUS036NHA model was incompatible with the current Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and/or the current supplied image so any response at all is highly appreciated.