Weird airmon-ng results (ALFA Awus036nhr v2)

Hello kali forum,

I am using kali 2 and ALFA Awus036nhr v2.

I put the card into monitor mode:

Code:

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airmon-ng check kill
airmon-ng start wlan1
ifconfig wlan1mon down
macchanger -r wlan1mon
ifconfig wlan1mon up

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But then when I use airodump it displays in the upper right corner:
fixed channel wlan1mon: 6

But the channel number is random. Does someone know why this error occurs?
Beside that when I try to use reaver for wps attack, it always fails on auth. Any clues on that?

Would be glad if someone could help!

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Originally Posted by Peliori

Hello kali forum,

I am using kali 2 and ALFA Awus036nhr v2.

I put the card into monitor mode:

Code:

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airmon-ng check kill
airmon-ng start wlan1
ifconfig wlan1mon down
macchanger -r wlan1mon
ifconfig wlan1mon up

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But then when I use airodump it displays in the upper right corner:
fixed channel wlan1mon: 6

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My 'card' doesn't work well with airmon-ng, I get the same strange interface name which you can't do anything with, and gets more complex the more you try and correct it. Try the following as your code, works great and leaves the interface name alone and in monitor mode:

Code:

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ifconfig wlan1 down
macchanger -r wlan1
iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
ifconfig wlan1 up

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Assuming your interface is wlan1...

Cheers,

Chemikul30

Peliori,

the only caveat of using iwconfig is it stays on until reboot as to where you can start an stop airmon anytime in your session.