USB N53 wifi card(rt2870) error 2 when installing modules

Hello, I have a SSD install of 64 Kali 2016.2 Recently I bought a USBN53 Dual Band wireless-N600 IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n which uses the RT2870 chipset and I am having some trouble getting it to run properly on Kali Linux. I am using Parallels on a 2015 MBP and can connect "wired".

Version

Code:

root@kali:~# uname -a Linux kali 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

I was following this guide http://askubuntu.com/questions/10295...3-wifi-adapter but when i reached the install modules step (make && sudo make install) it gave me this error

Code:

make -C tools make[1]: Entering directory '/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools' gcc -g bin2h.c -o bin2h make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools' /root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/tools/bin2h cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux/Makefile make -C /lib/modules/4.6.0-kali1-amd64/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO/os/linux modules make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.6.0-kali1-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop. Makefile:243: recipe for target 'LINUX' failed make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

Here are the outputs of some more commands:
iwconfig

Code:

lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions.

ifconfig

Code:

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.211.55.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.211.55.255 inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4:0:21c:42ff:fef3:8bd0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global> inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fef3:8bd0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4:0:4d12:4bc0:5035:f902 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global> ether 00:1c:42:f3:8b:d0 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 32669 bytes 36843630 (35.1 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 16960 bytes 1732343 (1.6 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback) RX packets 49051 bytes 2943027 (2.8 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 49051 bytes 2943027 (2.8 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

airmon-ng

Code:

root@kali:~# airmon-ng ls: cannot access '/sys/class/ieee80211/': No such file or directory PHY Interface Driver Chipset

airodump-ng

Code:

root@kali:~# airodump-ng Airodump-ng 1.2 rc4 - (C) 2006-2015 Thomas d'Otreppe http://www.aircrack-ng.org usage: airodump-ng <options> <interface>[,<interface>,...] Options: --ivs : Save only captured IVs --gpsd : Use GPSd --write <prefix> : Dump file prefix -w : same as --write --beacons : Record all beacons in dump file --update <secs> : Display update delay in seconds --showack : Prints ack/cts/rts statistics -h : Hides known stations for --showack -f <msecs> : Time in ms between hopping channels --berlin <secs> : Time before removing the AP/client from the screen when no more packets are received (Default: 120 seconds) -r <file> : Read packets from that file -x <msecs> : Active Scanning Simulation --manufacturer : Display manufacturer from IEEE OUI list --uptime : Display AP Uptime from Beacon Timestamp --wps : Display WPS information (if any) --output-format <formats> : Output format. Possible values: pcap, ivs, csv, gps, kismet, netxml --ignore-negative-one : Removes the message that says fixed channel <interface>: -1 --write-interval <seconds> : Output file(s) write interval in seconds Filter options: --encrypt <suite> : Filter APs by cipher suite --netmask <netmask> : Filter APs by mask --bssid <bssid> : Filter APs by BSSID --essid <essid> : Filter APs by ESSID --essid-regex <regex> : Filter APs by ESSID using a regular expression -a : Filter unassociated clients By default, airodump-ng hop on 2.4GHz channels. You can make it capture on other/specific channel(s) by using: --channel <channels> : Capture on specific channels --band <abg> : Band on which airodump-ng should hop -C <frequencies> : Uses these frequencies in MHz to hop --cswitch <method> : Set channel switching method 0 : FIFO (default) 1 : Round Robin 2 : Hop on last -s : same as --cswitch --help : Displays this usage screen No interface specified.

Thank You for any help, it is greatly apprecciated

Install the required package build-essential and linux-headers

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-cache search linux-headers sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Now run your commands

Hi, just got home and ran the commands here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version (12.2). The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gdebi-core iproute libcrypto++6 libfftw3-single3 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libladr4 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 prover9 python-clamd python-cluster python-d2to1 python-darts-lib-utils-lru python-defusedxml python-esmre python-git python-gitdb python-guess-language python-halberd python-ipaddr python-ndg-httpsclient python-nltk python-pdfminer python-phply python-ply python-psutil python-pybloomfiltermmap python-pycryptopp python-pygithub python-pypdf python-ruamel.ordereddict python-smmap python-soappy python-stopit python-svn python-tblib python-vulndb python-webkit python-wstools python-xdot w3af w3af-console Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 384 not upgraded. root@kali:~# sudo apt-cache search linux-headers aufs-dkms - DKMS files to build and install aufs linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-all - All header files for Linux 4.8 (meta-package) linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-all-amd64 - All header files for Linux 4.8 (meta-package) linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-amd64 linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-common - Common header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2 linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-common-rt - Common header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-rt linux-headers-4.8.0-kali2-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.8.0-kali2-rt-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-headers-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package) linux-libc-dev-alpha-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-arm64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-armel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-armhf-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-hppa-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-m68k-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-mips-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-mips64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-mips64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-mipsel-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-powerpc-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-powerpcspe-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-ppc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-ppc64el-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-s390x-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-sh4-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) linux-libc-dev-sparc64-cross - Linux Kernel Headers for development (for cross-compiling) root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64 E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64' root@kali:~#

still haven't ran my commands, going to see if it works

It seems that your sources.list has no repositories. That's why I was wondering why you are still on 4.6.0. Can you show the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list?

Here it is

Code:

root@kali:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2016.1 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160830-11:29]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2016.1 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160830-11:29]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib # deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

That's weird. your repositories look fine to me. Do you get the same error when you do apt-get upgrade?

No, when i do apt-get upgrade it's normal

Without the installation of linux headers you can't upgrade your kernel to 4.8.0 and drivers will also not compile. I wonder why you are not able to install linux headers if you can upgrade packages.

You're running an old kernel, which no longer has linux-headers in the repos. First, update your system:

apt update && apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot

Then try:

apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Once those are installed, you can try recompiling the drivers again.

Btw, why are you trying to compile these drivers? Does the card not work natively in Kali ?

Still gives me error 2, output doesnt fits in here (18503 characters)

ok so now it ran normally until step 9 here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO# sudo modprobe ra0 modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='rt3572sta' modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rt3572sta': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

What is step 9 ?
Why are you giving a sudo command when running as root?
What other commands have you given?

Please make a better effort when asking for help...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petrorex

ok so now it ran normally until step 9 here is the output

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop/2011_1003_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO# sudo modprobe ra0 modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='rt3572sta' modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'rt3572sta': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

You are entering incorrect name of that moule. Which module you are trying to remove?