This is to share experiences with network penetration testing on what works and what doesn't on certain routers. I believe that this knowledge base does pertain to Kali Linux in some indirect ways. Feel free to disagree or agree on the routers ratings. Here is a weblist of router makes with MAC(BSSID)

Green = works
Blue = untested
Yellow = unsure
Red = doesn't work

Let me start..

Reaver 1.4 and 1.4 fork r3, have problems with certain routers. Namely Huawei routers (BSSID BC:76:70: ...)

- Does not detect the fist correct four numbers of the PIN, instead giving a false positive with 1234, or any four digits you give it, and return the "received M5 message".
- The first problem causes the 99% bug and repeats the last key at the end.

Solution: Install Reaver 1.3 ! With a very simple syntax in Reaver 1.3 it is possible to retrieve the information of Huawei routers.


  • BSSID BC:76:70: Shenzhen # Shenzhen Huawei Communication Technologies Co., Ltd
    Reaver 1.4 | 1.4 fork r3 | 1.3 | Bully

  • BSSID 94:44:52 BelkinIn # Belkin International Inc.
    Reaver 1.4 | 1.4 fork r3 | 1.3 | Bully