Asus USB-AC56 Won't go into monitor mode?

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Hello,

According to a few different sites the USB-AC56 should be able do go into monitor mode.

this site explicitly says so https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/USBAC56/
this guys reported success with the same card https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...reless-adaptor
this site also explicitly says so https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/suppo...ible-hardware/

I have Kali installed directly on this laptop (just to make it as easy as possible. I'm just learning).

I buy the card. First I try the drivers from Asus' site https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/U...Desk_Download/. ./install.sh fails:

Code:

: error: ?_timer {aka struct timer_list}? has no member named ?data? ptimer->data = (unsigned long)cntx;

Which led me to an askubuntu (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1042...odules-error-2) about a similar error. From the errors in the console I was able to determine that I needed drivers for the rtl8812AU chipset and that, finally, led me to a working driver (https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU/)

Now I can see and use the USB-AC56! But it won't get into monitor mode :mad:. I figure out which one it is by running

Code:

iwconfig

, unplugging it, and running

Code:

iwconfig

again. First I run

Code:

iw list

to see if monitor mode is supported and if I am reading this right, yes it is supported:

Code:

Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP * monitor * mesh point * P2P-client * P2P-GO * P2P-device

Then I do:

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ifconfig wlan1 down iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor fconfig wlan1 up iw list

and that gives:

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wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

so it's not in monitor mode. Similiarly, if I select that NIC in Wireshark, then Stop, then Capture Options, then click the monitor mode checkbox it immediately unchecks itself. Can you help a brotha-er out?

Try these commands one after the other
airmon-ng

airmon-ng check kill

airmon-ng start wlanx ( x being adapter from airmon-ng call)

If not
rfkill list all

Hi bigbiz, Thank for replying.

After creating this post I went back at it for a little while. I think I saw some success with

Code:

airodump-ng wlan0

because it said it switched the device to monitor mode and started showing results. Plus wireshark started seeing all wifi traffic so I think it worked. One thing I don't understand is

Code:

iwconfig

shows it as being in Auto mode. I guess Auto mode lets it work in Managed mode (?).

Code:

airmon-ng check kill

shows wpa_supplicant which I killed. I continue following your steps (which at this point may not even be necessary but I'm just following through) and that gives:

Code:

root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy1 wlan0 8812au ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Error setting channel: command failed: Operation not supported (-95) (mac80211 monitor mode already enabled for [phy1]wlan0 on [phy1]10)

Sorry, I need to add some clarity to my previous post but I can't edit it until it's approved. When I "went back at it" I had ran:

Code:

sudo pkill wpa_supplicantsudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service

which I think was the key (same as you were saying. kill the process that was taking it out of monitor mode).

I was wrong. It's still not going in monitor mode even after

Code:

airmon-ng check kill

. It just goes into Auto mode. Any idea about what to try next? I'll keep trying. If I haven't posted an answer that means I still haven't got it in monitor mode. By that I mean iwconfig reports Mode: Monitor.

Okay finally I got into monitor mode.

Step1: return the Asus USB-AC56 to the store! it won't go into monitor mode!
Step2: order an alfa https://www.amazon.com/AWUS036NEH-Range-WIRELESS-802-11b-USBAdapter/dp/B0035OCVO6

I didn't even have to install any drivers. The alpha went straight into monitor mode plus it was half the cost.