Hello,

Im trying to run kali from a live usb w/persistence - usb made according to http://docs.kali.org/installation/ka...ve-usb-install including gparted and persistence mounting.

Im trying to use the live usb with different laptops/desktops.

Can persistence be used to have a customized Kali box usable on any computer??

The problem im having is persistence seems to prevent wifi adapters from being used on more than ONE machine.

I made the live usb with linux on an hp elitebook, i first used the live usb on a gateway NE56R31, after using persistence at boot up on the gateway machine now no wifi adapters work with the live usb except on the gateway machine. I have also tried booting different machines with the live usb (persistence turned off)... but wifi seems to just blocked wifi on all machines period...

all adapters work on gateway machine
kali wifi works on all machines with all adapters (i tested with different usb with no persistence drive mounted),

Specs from a non-working machine - I can provide the same for the working machine if useful to solve this problem ....
Code:
 
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0781:5573 SanDisk Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0781:5530 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer
Code:
 root@kali:~# iwconfig
wlan3     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
machine can run iwlist but wireless network manager AND rfkill list show all adapters offline/blocked .....

Code:
 root@kali:~# iwlist wlan3 scan
wlan3     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: F8:ED:A5:93:E5:A0
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=40/70  Signal level=-70 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"HOME-E5A2"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000009a2526b15a
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1752ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0009484F4D452D45354132
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32048C98B060
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A8E1117FFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1601000600000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3E0100
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: 0B05010058127A
                    IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
                    IE: Unknown: 7F0101
                    IE: Unknown: DD07000C4303000000
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B10
                    IE: Unknown: DD870050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700102880288028801880A880F8EDA593E5A010210005415252495310230006544738363247102400065254323836301042000831323334353637381054000800060050F204000110110012415252495320544738363220526F7574657210080002210C103C0001011049000600372A000120
          Cell 02 - Address: F6:ED:A5:93:E5:A0
                    Channel:1
Code:
root@kali:~# rfkill unblock all
root@kali:~# rfkill list all
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
4: phy2: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no