WLan Issues Killer Wireless-AC 1535

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2017-03-30
Misc

WLan Issues Killer Wireless-AC 1535

I just bought a new Razer Blade (2017) with:
- Intel i7 7700HQ
- 16GB RAM
- Nvidia GTX 1060
- Killer Wireless-AC 1535

I installed various Kali Versions, lately the latest week Build (kali-linux-2017-W13-amd64).

i got issues with the WLan Card. While installing Kali the card is being recognized but now firmware is found. i tried to download the latest ath10k drivers for it, they couldnt be used in installation process. Afterwards i tried like exchanging the ath10k firmwares, and the usual troubleshoots i found but nothing worked. I just reinstalled it so kali is in brandnew condition, nothing changed. In kali itself its sometimes being recognized and i can use it to connect to unprotected ssids. if theres a psk i cant connect. i can set it into monitor mode but dont get anything when using airodump or wireshark. i also have tried to install it via backports but it didnt work.

lspci recognizes the card:

Code:

3b:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

dmesg shows me a lot errors like this (cant post whole return i get, way too long):

Code:

[ 2287.824858] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: [12] Replay Timer Timeout [ 2350.484888] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e5 [ 2350.484902] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, id=00e5(Transmitter ID) [ 2350.484910] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: device [8086:a115] error status/mask=00001000/00002000 [ 2350.484915] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: [12] Replay Timer Timeout [ 2350.904730] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e5 [ 2350.904744] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, id=00e5(Transmitter ID) [ 2350.904752] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: device [8086:a115] error status/mask=00001000/00002000

iwconfig:

Code:

lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on

airmon-ng start wlan0

Code:

PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy0 wlan0 ath10k_pci Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32) (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon) (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)

aireplay-ng -9 wlan0mon

Code:

13:01:36 Trying broadcast probe requests... 13:01:38 No Answer... 13:01:38 Found 0 APs

Can you pls help me get this fixed?
2017-03-30
_defalt

Show the output of rfkill list all
2017-03-30
Misc

rfkill list all

Code:

0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no
2017-03-30
_defalt

Have you installed right drivers for your adapter?
2017-03-30
Misc

Homepage of Killer says: (http://www.killernetworking.com/driv...iew=topic&id=2)

Quote:

Killer 1535/1525/1435 in Ubuntu
Ubuntu 14.04

You will first need to install the latest backports package to have up to date drivers.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ub...ling_Backports

Ubuntu 16.04

The built in drivers should work without any changes, though you may need to update your wireless firmware:

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/poo..._1.162_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware*.deb
sudo modprobe -r ath10k_pci && sudo modprobe ath10k_pci

so i tried the guide for Ubuntu 16.04, it says i dont need a driver (Ubuntu 16.04 came with kernel 4.4, i use kernel 4.9.0-kali3-amd64)
after downloading the newest firmware i do following command with following output:

sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware*.deb

Code:

Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket linux-firmware wird gewählt. dpkg: Entfernen von atmel-firmware zugunsten von linux-firmware wird in Betracht gezogen ... dpkg: Ja, atmel-firmware wird zugunsten von linux-firmware entfernt (Lese Datenbank ... 327602 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb ... Entpacken von linux-firmware (1.164) ... dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Archivs linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb (--install): Versuch, »/lib/firmware/3com/typhoon.bin« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-2 ist dpkg-deb: Fehler: Unterprozess einfügen wurde durch Signal (Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)) getötet Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von: linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb

(sry, using german kali, hope you understand it)
2017-03-31
Misc

Additional Infos:

dmesg | grep ath10k

Code:

[ 3.265997] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 3.267309] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0 [ 3.563634] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin (-2) [ 3.563684] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.563692] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin (-2) [ 3.563712] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.563877] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin (-2) [ 3.563898] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.563899] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2 [ 3.565098] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin [ 3.565101] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535 [ 3.565102] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0 [ 3.565489] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 features wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5 [ 3.629778] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [ 3.630033] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 6fc88fe7 [ 6.131655] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: htt-ver 3.26 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
2017-03-31
Misc

got the english outpu of the command:

sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware*.deb

Code:

dpkg: considering removing atmel-firmware in favour of linux-firmware ... dpkg: yes, will remove atmel-firmware in favour of linux-firmware (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 327602 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-firmware (1.164) ... dpkg: error processing archive linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb (--install): trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/3com/typhoon.bin', which is also in package firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-2 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb
2017-04-01
_defalt

I suggest you to use the search function your query in Community-Generated-How-tos. Your wifi adapter is popular so you may find the fix for it.
2017-04-04
bob79

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misc

i can set it into monitor mode but dont get anything when using airodump or wireshark.

if not used with --band option, of course you get nothing :)
2017-04-04
Misc

soooo had some contact to killer networking support.

told me to do "sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite linux-firmware*.deb", then it worked. after that i get:

dmesg | grep "ath10k"

Code:

[ 3.167247] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 3.168562] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0 [ 3.460693] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin (-2) [ 3.460694] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.460699] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin (-2) [ 3.460700] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3b:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.460931] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin (-2) [ 3.460932] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.460933] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2 [ 3.462088] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin [ 3.462090] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535 [ 3.462091] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0 [ 3.462480] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 features wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5 [ 3.526680] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [ 3.526863] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 19644295 [ 5.689346] ath10k_pci 0000:3b:00.0: htt-ver 3.26 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1

Support told me thats perfect, hope he s right.

tried all the airodump --band combination, makes no difference. im comparing it with an 2.4 wifi usb stick, same (2.4ghz) commands but getting outputs while using the stick and not getting outputs using my intern.

seems like airodump is not supporting ath10k yet. so think this thread can be closed.
2017-04-25
mobman

Quote:

Originally Posted by _defalt

I suggest you to use the search function your query in Community-Generated-How-tos. Your wifi adapter is popular so you may find the fix for it.

doing a search for "Killer 1435" only this thread comes up.
2017-04-25
mobman
So after a little digging the killer wireless cards.
it uses the https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath10k

Known bugs/limitations
- firmware does not support association to the same AP from different virtual STA interfaces (driver prints "ath10k: Failed to add peer XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX for VDEV: X" in that case)
- monitor/promiscuous mode causes firmware crashes very often
- packet injection isn't supported yet
- applying ath9k regulatory domain hack patch from OpenWRT causes firmware crash (reason: regulatory hint function is never called and ath10k never sends scan channel list to the firmware which in turn causes firmware to crash on scan)
Some links I digged up on the issue:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail...ay/005183.html
https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/18794

some links i dug up with solutions:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196519
http://www.killernetworking.com/driv...iew=topic&id=2

Reporting the issue to ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1383184

I just ordered a laptop with this card, and was doing research before it arrives tomarrow.. shame I wont be hacking wifi from this laptop..However I always use my athos USB wifi card anyways so no big deal for me..
If anyone does find a fix or want to rant and rave at the company im in.