Alfa AWUS036NH RT3070L USB on Kali v2.0 - Injection and wash error. Buggy firmware ?

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I've just got a new Alfa AWUS036NH (fake according to Alfa Network support) USB adapter and i'm having some injection + wash scan problems...

Device photos:
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I'm running Kali v2.0 USB Persistence.

Just after the restart everything is ok

wlan2 is the alfa adapter

Code:

root@kali:~# airmon-ng check kill Killing these processes: PID Name 1473 wpa_supplicant 1565 dhclient root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=30 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off wlan2 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=33 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan2 PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy0 wlan0 b43 non-mac80211 device? (report this!) phy1 wlan2 rt2800usb Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy1]wlan2 on [phy1]wlan2mon) (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy1]wlan2) root@kali:~# aireplay-ng -9 wlan2mon 19:45:54 Trying broadcast probe requests... 19:45:54 Injection is working! 19:45:56 Found 1 AP 19:47:27 Trying directed probe requests... 19:47:27 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX - channel: 11 - 'test' 19:47:27 Ping (min/avg/max): 2.103ms/11.600ms/25.750ms Power: -46.20 19:47:27 30/30: 100%

but when i disable monitor mode and enable again

Code:

root@kali:~# airmon-ng stop wlan2mon PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy0 wlan0 b43 non-mac80211 device? (report this!) phy1 wlan2mon rt2800usb Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 cat: /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/device/net/wlan2/type: No such file or directory (mac80211 station mode vif enabled on [phy1]wlan2) (mac80211 monitor mode vif disabled for [phy1]wlan2mon) root@kali:~# airmon-ng PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy0 wlan0 b43 non-mac80211 device? (report this!) phy1 wlan3 rt2800usb Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 root@kali:~# airmon-ng check kill root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan3 PHY Interface Driver Chipset phy0 wlan0 b43 non-mac80211 device? (report this!) phy1 wlan3 rt2800usb Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy1]wlan3 on [phy1]wlan3mon) (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy1]wlan3)

for some reason it becomes wlan3, and injection stops working

Code:

root@kali:~# aireplay-ng -9 wlan3mon 19:48:25 Trying broadcast probe requests... 19:48:27 No Answer... 19:48:27 Found 1 AP 19:48:27 Trying directed probe requests... 19:48:27 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX - channel: 11 - 'test' 19:48:33 0/30: 0%

Trying to run wash scan:

Code:

root@kali:~# wash -i wlan3mon Wash v1.5.2 WiFi Protected Setup Scan Tool Copyright (c) 2011, Tactical Network Solutions, Craig Heffner <[email protected]> mod by t6_x <[email protected]> & DataHead & Soxrok2212 BSSID Channel RSSI WPS Version WPS Locked ESSID --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping... [!] Found packet with bad FCS, skipping...

Some related demsg

Code:

[ 20.621485] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb [ 20.923092] rt2800usb 4-1:1.0 wlan2: renamed from wlan1 [ 28.330826] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin' [ 28.371656] rt2800usb 4-1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rt2870.bin [ 28.384248] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.29 [ 178.349792] device wlan2mon entered promiscuous mode [ 307.986854] rt2800usb 4-1:1.0 wlan3: renamed from wlan2 [ 307.987177] systemd-udevd[2618]: renamed network interface wlan2 to wlan3

If i do all the steps above with wlan0, everything works fine (b43 firmware is perfect)...

Seems to be a buggy RT3070 firmware.

Does anyone knows how to get a fixed firmware for this device or fix these issues ?

Thanks !

"for some reason it becomes wlan3, and injection stops working"
it is normal

wash -i wlan3mon
add -C at the end of command to look like this
wash -i wlan3mon -C

Quote:

Originally Posted by duxim

"for some reason it becomes wlan3, and injection stops working"
it is normal

wash -i wlan3mon
add -C at the end of command to look like this
wash -i wlan3mon -C

yeah, i know about this -C (--ignore-fcs) flag, but it seems to me just like hiding the problem.

About the injection, why do you say it's normal that it stops working ? that doesn't happen with my wlan0 (b43) device... i can stop and start airmon-ng repeatedly and injection still works.

Doesn't that (injection test -9 stop working) means that the card injection capabilities are compromised?

i have exactly the same problem with the same adapter (rt3070 Chipset)

I just purchased this adapter

Should I have not??

Well, is awus036nh genuine from Alfa ?

I've returned my cloned AWUS036NH because it's a piece of **** !

Done a couple of tests here, and even though you can set it's txpower up to 2000mW (33 dBm), the link quality was worst than my laptop's (1000 mW - 30 dBm) built in wifi.

I've just bought an Alfa genuine AWUS036NH from another seller to test (still waiting for it to arrive).

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunoaduarte

Well, is awus036nh genuine from Alfa ?

I've returned my cloned AWUS036NH because it's a piece of **** !

Done a couple of tests here, and even though you can set it's txpower up to 2000mW (33 dBm), the link quality was worst than my laptop's (1000 mW - 30 dBm) built in wifi.

I've just bought an Alfa genuine AWUS036NH from another seller to test (still waiting for it to arrive).

how can you tell if its genuine

send pictures of it to alfa support http://www.alfa.com.tw/

http://xiaopan.co/forums/threads/pro...ake-alfa.15339