Netgear WNA3100 (v1) not showing in iwconfig

[limey]

First post, and v new to Linux/Kali, so bear with me, but I can't get the above USB wireless adapter to be recognised by Kali, even though it's recognised and connected in VM, having disconnected from host (and separately works fine on host Win7).

The adapter shows up in lsusb, but don't know what I can do to get it working. Others seem to have had trouble with this adapter before, although one member said they had v1 working without issue, and it's the chipset in v2 that isn't compatible, but very grateful for any suggestions. According to Device Manager, the adapter is working with latest Broadcom/netgear driver.

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

lo no wireless extensions.

root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
root@kali:~#

[Nick_the_Greek]

Hi limey!
As far I've seen they aren't any Linux drivers for Netgear WNA3100. You have to use the windows drivers through ndiswrapper. Look here:
http://steveyoung.wordpress.com/2013...-ubuntu-12-04/
http://askubuntu.com/questions/37270...l-ubuntu-13-04
and here:
http://faq.apollo3.com/ljames/ubuntu/networksupport/

[waryfull]

Not sure if I am being helpful but...

root@waryfull:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 154b:005b PNY
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 058f:6361 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0846:9010 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v1 802.11abgn [Atheros AR9170+AR9104]


root@waryfull:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
carl9170 83742 0
ath 26026 1 carl9170

[Nick_the_Greek]

Not sure if I am being helpful but...

root@waryfull:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 154b:005b PNY
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 058f:6361 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0846:9010 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v1 802.11abgn [Atheros AR9170+AR9104]


root@waryfull:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
carl9170 83742 0
ath 26026 1 carl9170

They are not the same products. Yours waryfull is this one:

WNDA3100 N600 (dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
http://www.netgear.com/home/products...#tab-techspecs
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNDA3100v1

and limey's is this one:
WNA3100 N300 (single band 2.4GHz)
http://www.netgear.com/home/products...#tab-techspecs
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100

and BTW I might need your help waryfull. I will post to you when I got time and if of course you're willing to help me out.