ALFA AWUS036NH Ralink RT2870: Driver / Firmware

[nigelmercier]

I've read dozens of threads on this, but I'm still confused. I've got an ALFA AWUS036NH which uses the Ralink RT2870. I've just done a clean install of kali-linux-1.0.7-i386. Similar to when I last installed, it asked me if I wanted it to load firmware for the RT2870, I didn't have the relevant file, so I said no.

The card is connecting OK to my test WEP AP, but when I run Fern (OK, I know, but I'm a noob) it reports: mon0 is not injecting or proximity is low despite being right next to the AP! I had this before which is one reason I did the install of the latest version of Kali.

I've since discovered a link to Linux firmware on the Mediatek site. I can obviously download this, but then what do I do? Do I also need to install a driver?

As I said, I'm a Linux noob. I can follow a script in Terminal, but will be lost if not given the details of what to type.

[nigelmercier]

Update on the above:

I decided I may as well start again, so installed with a second USB drive containing rt2870.bin downloaded from the above link. This time I wasn't asked to insert it, so do I need to do anything else?

BTW, does this "firmware" get uploaded into the Ralink RT2870, or just reside in the computer memory?

[nigelmercier]

Oh, and Fern still reports: mon0 is not injecting or proximity is low