USB N53 wifi card(rt2870) error 2 when installing modules

**Petrorex** · 2017-01-28

Hello, I have a SSD install of 64 Kali 2016.2 Recently I bought a USBN53 Dual Band wireless-N600 IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n which uses the RT2870 chipset and I am having some trouble getting it to run properly on Kali Linux. I am using Parallels on a 2015 MBP and can connect "wired".

Version

Code:

root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

I was following this guide http://askubuntu.com/questions/10295...3-wifi-adapter but when i reached the install modules step (make && sudo make install) it gave me this error

Code:

make -C tools
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools'
gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools'
/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools/bin2h
cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/4.6.0-kali1-amd64/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.6.0-kali1-amd64/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
Makefile:243: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Here are the outputs of some more commands:
iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ifconfig

Code:

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.211.55.6  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.211.55.255
        inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4:0:21c:42ff:fef3:8bd0  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fef3:8bd0  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4:0:4d12:4bc0:5035:f902  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        ether 00:1c:42:f3:8b:d0  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 32669  bytes 36843630 (35.1 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 16960  bytes 1732343 (1.6 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 49051  bytes 2943027 (2.8 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 49051  bytes 2943027 (2.8 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

airmon-ng

Code:

root@kali:~# airmon-ng
ls: cannot access '/sys/class/ieee80211/': No such file or directory

PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset

airodump-ng

Code:

root@kali:~# airodump-ng

  Airodump-ng 1.2 rc4 - (C) 2006-2015 Thomas d'Otreppe
  http://www.aircrack-ng.org

  usage: airodump-ng <options> <interface>[,<interface>,...]

  Options:
      --ivs                 : Save only captured IVs
      --gpsd                : Use GPSd
      --write      <prefix> : Dump file prefix
      -w                    : same as --write 
      --beacons             : Record all beacons in dump file
      --update       <secs> : Display update delay in seconds
      --showack             : Prints ack/cts/rts statistics
      -h                    : Hides known stations for --showack
      -f            <msecs> : Time in ms between hopping channels
      --berlin       <secs> : Time before removing the AP/client
                              from the screen when no more packets
                              are received (Default: 120 seconds)
      -r             <file> : Read packets from that file
      -x            <msecs> : Active Scanning Simulation
      --manufacturer        : Display manufacturer from IEEE OUI list
      --uptime              : Display AP Uptime from Beacon Timestamp
      --wps                 : Display WPS information (if any)
      --output-format
                  <formats> : Output format. Possible values:
                              pcap, ivs, csv, gps, kismet, netxml
      --ignore-negative-one : Removes the message that says
                              fixed channel <interface>: -1
      --write-interval
                  <seconds> : Output file(s) write interval in seconds

  Filter options:
      --encrypt   <suite>   : Filter APs by cipher suite
      --netmask <netmask>   : Filter APs by mask
      --bssid     <bssid>   : Filter APs by BSSID
      --essid     <essid>   : Filter APs by ESSID
      --essid-regex <regex> : Filter APs by ESSID using a regular
                              expression
      -a                    : Filter unassociated clients

  By default, airodump-ng hop on 2.4GHz channels.
  You can make it capture on other/specific channel(s) by using:
      --channel <channels>  : Capture on specific channels
      --band <abg>          : Band on which airodump-ng should hop
      -C    <frequencies>   : Uses these frequencies in MHz to hop
      --cswitch  <method>   : Set channel switching method
                    0       : FIFO (default)
                    1       : Round Robin
                    2       : Hop on last
      -s                    : same as --cswitch

      --help                : Displays this usage screen

No interface specified.

Thank You for any help, it is greatly apprecciated

**_defalt** · 2017-01-28

Install the required package build-essential and linux-headers

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-cache search linux-headers
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Now run your commands

**Petrorex** · 2017-01-29

Hi, just got home and ran the commands here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.2).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gdebi-core iproute libcrypto++6 libfftw3-single3 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0
  libladr4 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 prover9 python-clamd python-cluster python-d2to1
  python-darts-lib-utils-lru python-defusedxml python-esmre python-git
  python-gitdb python-guess-language python-halberd python-ipaddr
  python-ndg-httpsclient python-nltk python-pdfminer python-phply python-ply
  python-psutil python-pybloomfiltermmap python-pycryptopp python-pygithub
  python-pypdf python-ruamel.ordereddict python-smmap python-soappy
  python-stopit python-svn python-tblib python-vulndb python-webkit
  python-wstools python-xdot w3af w3af-console
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 384 not upgraded.
root@kali:~# sudo apt-cache search linux-headers
aufs-dkms - DKMS files to build and install aufs
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-all - All header files for Linux 4.8 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 4.8 (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-amd64
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-common - Common header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-rt
linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-rt-amd64
linux-headers-amd64 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-libc-dev-alpha-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-arm64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-armel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-armhf-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-hppa-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-m68k-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mips64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-mipsel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-powerpc-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-powerpcspe-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-ppc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-ppc64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-s390x-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-sh4-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
linux-libc-dev-sparc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling)
root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64'
root@kali:~#

still haven't ran my commands, going to see if it works

**_defalt** · 2017-01-29

It seems that your sources.list has no repositories. That's why I was wondering why you are still on 4.6.0. Can you show the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list?

**Petrorex** · 2017-01-29

Here it is

Code:

root@kali:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2016.1 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160830-11:29]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2016.1 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160830-11:29]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

**_defalt** · 2017-01-30

That's weird. your repositories look fine to me. Do you get the same error when you do apt-get upgrade?

**Petrorex** · 2017-01-30

No, when i do apt-get upgrade it's normal

**_defalt** · 2017-01-31

Without the installation of linux headers you can't upgrade your kernel to 4.8.0 and drivers will also not compile. I wonder why you are not able to install linux headers if you can upgrade packages.

**muts** · 2017-01-31

You're running an old kernel, which no longer has linux-headers in the repos. First, update your system:

apt update && apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

Then try:

apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Once those are installed, you can try recompiling the drivers again.

Btw, why are you trying to compile these drivers? Does the card not work natively in Kali ?

**Petrorex** · 2017-02-02

Still gives me error 2, output doesnt fits in here (18503 characters)

**Petrorex** · 2017-02-02

ok so now it ran normally until step 9 here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO# sudo modprobe ra0
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='rt3572sta'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rt3572sta': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

**muts** · 2017-02-03

What is step 9 ?
Why are you giving a sudo command when running as root?
What other commands have you given?

Please make a better effort when asking for help...

**_defalt** · 2017-02-04

Originally Posted by Petrorex

ok so now it ran normally until step 9 here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO# sudo modprobe ra0
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='rt3572sta'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rt3572sta': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

You are entering incorrect name of that moule. Which module you are trying to remove?

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