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    Kali Linux: Airodump does not find any stations (possible incompatible software)

    I recently installed kali (64 bit for bootable usb) on my new computer and I am running in an issue where nor airodump, nor wifite detect any networks nearby. My wireless cart is a Quacom Atheros (QCA61x4) so it should be supported. Wifite worked fine on my last laptop and managed to find all networks fairly quickly. On the new one, however, even after a 2 minute scan, no stations are found. When running airodump-ng wlan0mon the window opens and it starts searching through the channels however nothing is listed in the table. I can connect via WiFi and through the panel for connecting to internet all networks are listed. There are no visible error messages, simply because there are no errors.

    I doubt that it is incompatible hardware as Atheros cards are supported.

    Quick info

    - Bootable USB of Kali 64 bit 2017.1

    - Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

    -airodump and wifite circle through 1-10 channels, but finds nothing (despite there being many stations nearby)

    rfkill list
    3: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

    iw phy (shortened)
    Band 2:
    Capabilities: 0x19ef
    RX LDPC
    HT20/HT40
    SM Power Save disabled
    RX HT20 SGI
    RX HT40 SGI
    TX STBC
    RX STBC 1-stream
    Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
    DSSS/CCK HT40

    dmesg | tail
    [ 55.521787] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
    ...
    [ 64.629887] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
    [ 64.629894] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
    ...
    [ 64.635942] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready


    dmesg says that HT is not supported by AP, however the hardware supports HT.

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    Known issue and it's not Kali only, it's driver related.

    I'm don't think anybody reported it, so you might want to report the issue in the linux-wireless mailing lists.

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    You don't know of any solutions?

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    I have the same exact issue as you, i can't find any support on it.

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    i got the same issue as well

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    Do a screenshot of iwconfig. Real quick.

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    I to have facing same problem

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