HELP - Problem with 'airodump-ng' showing no results (TP-LINK TL-WN321G V4 / VMware)

Hi, I'm very new in linux, just decided to learn about pentests, security, etc. I followed some tutorials on youtube and google, but I stuck on 'airodump-ng' step, showing no results. I spent days trying to find a solution so I gave up searching and came here to ask for some help.

Following the 'How To Make A Valid Thread', here are some information...

My notebook is a Dell I14-3443-A4 running windows 10. Using the last Kali Linux for VMware (Kali-Linux-2016.1-vm-amd64), last version of VMware either. My device is TP-LINK TL-WN321G V4 (I didnt find on the internet the linux driver for this version 4)

Some commands...

iwconfig

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root@kali:~# iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0    IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated  Tx-Power=20 dBm 
          Retry short limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
         
lo        no wireless extensions.

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airmon-ng

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root@kali:~# airmon-ng

PHY        Interface        Driver                Chipset

phy0        wlan0                rt2800usb        Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2070

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airmon-ng start wlan0

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root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0

Found 3 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to run 'airmon-ng check kill'

  PID Name
  747 NetworkManager
  861 wpa_supplicant
  862 dhclient

PHY        Interface        Driver                Chipset

phy0        wlan0                rt2800usb        Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2070

                (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
                (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)

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dmesg | tails

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root@kali:~# dmesg | tail
[  453.921310] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x06 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110
[  454.024621] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x1004 with error -110
[  454.128539] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x06 failed for offset 0x1004 with error -110
[  454.232101] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x0438 with error -110
[  454.335675] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x0438 with error -110
[  455.169343] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110
[  455.273369] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x06 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110
[  455.376084] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110
[  455.480194] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110
[  455.583982] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x06 failed for offset 0x101c with error -110

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I really tried a lot of suggestions found in some similar threads found on google, but no results :(

Thanks for any help

So when you run:

Code:

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airodump-ng wlan0mon

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What does it say?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by P373

So when you run:

Code:

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airodump-ng wlan0mon

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What does it say?

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find nothing, stays like that forever...


Attachment 1592

Try:

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aircrack-ng check kill
airmon-ng check kill
airmon-ng start wlan0
airodump-ng wlan0mon

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After you installed you ran:

Code:

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

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Code:

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root@kali:~# aircrack-ng check kill
Opening check
open failed: No such file or directory
Opening kill
open failed: No such file or directory
Read 0 packets.

No networks found, exiting.


Quitting aircrack-ng...
root@kali:~# airmon-ng check kill

Killing these processes:

  PID Name
  809 dhclient
 1027 wpa_supplicant

root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0


PHY        Interface        Driver                Chipset

phy0        wlan0                rt2800usb        Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2070

                (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
                (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)

root@kali:~# airodump-ng wlan0mon


 CH 10 ][ Elapsed: 36 s ][ 2016-06-12 17:30                                   
                                                                             
 BSSID              PWR  Beacons    #Data, #/s  CH  MB  ENC  CIPHER AUTH ESSID
                                                                             
                                                                             
 BSSID              STATION            PWR  Rate    Lost    Frames  Probe

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see attachment for 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' log

still no results :(

Try configuring your settings in VMware to use USB 3.0. See if that makes a difference.

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Originally Posted by P373

Try configuring your settings in VMware to use USB 3.0. See if that makes a difference.

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thanks a lot man for all your help. i got it.

i reinstalled kali in a new virtual machine, used 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade', installed vm-ware-tools, changed the tplink adapter to usb 3.0, enabled it like you said. and now i got some results

thanks a lot, now i can continue studying and trying the tutorials

:D

Cool, your welcome. Glad you got it resolved.

hey i am facing the same problem , how did you change your adapter to usb 3.0 ?

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