ALFA AWUS036H wpa supplicant problem

Hello,

I am experiencing troubles connecting to a WPA protected AP with wpa_supplicant with my external card Alfa AWUS036H.

card is detected and works fine with other tools.

Code:

root@kali:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:49:80:0c inet addr:192.168.11.131 Bcast:192.168.11.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe49:800c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6475 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:4841516 (4.6 MiB) TX bytes:1014321 (990.5 KiB) Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2024 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3744 (3.6 KiB) TX bytes:3744 (3.6 KiB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:54:ae:df UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Code:

root@kali:~# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa-supp.conf ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan ^Cwlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received

wpa supplicant configuration file

Code:

network={ bssid=00:21:63:0E:29:2E ssid="some" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=TKIP proto=WPA group=TKIP psk="a1s2d3f4Q5" }

any suggestions or similar experience? thank you

Hello I forgot additional info. Im runing Kali Gnome version on vmware player 6.0.
Also I made further development as the error code is now more verbose.

Code:

root@kali:~# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa-supp.conf -Dwext ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:21:63:0E:29:2E (SSID='some' freq=2427 MHz) wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00 wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:21:63:0E:29:2E reason=0

Quote:

Originally Posted by roottoorroot

Hello I forgot additional info. Im runing Kali Gnome version on vmware player 6.0.
Also I made further development as the error code is now more verbose.

Code:

root@kali:~# wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa-supp.conf -Dwext ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument wlan0: Trying to associate with 00:21:63:0E:29:2E (SSID='some' freq=2427 MHz) wlan0: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00 wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:21:63:0E:29:2E reason=0

hi :)
i THINK(my-amatour-opinion) the problem is related to network-manager && wpa_supplicant...because:
I have done many test son my x64 VM-KALI-ONLY_TEST
before I had your same results...but after:
-remove network-manager network-manager-gnome and consequently wpasupplicant
-reboot my vm-test && autoconnect via eth0
-install wicd with dependency && auto-reinstall wpasupplicant as recommended package!!!
-reboot && disconnect eth0 (make it down) && connect my alfa36H
-follow the procedures in the picture
WORKED-FINE !!!!!
http://imageshack.us/f/14/l3v0.png/
@zoom 1600x1200
bye

Hi zimmaro, thank you for you input :-)
I followed your steps and finally managed to connect via wpa_supplicant!
Furthermore I tested an alternative: I did all the above without wpa_supplicant reinstallation and this time also worked fine >>> so this must be related to the network-manager.