My usb wifi card doesn't seem to work (iwlist/airodump)

[Luthing]

Hello

I've just bought an Alfa AWUS036NH and installed RT3070 drivers on my virtual machine Kali.

ifconfig :

root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0d:b0:00:fb:9e  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

iwconfig:

root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

lsusb :

root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lsmod :

root@kali:~# lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by
iptable_filter         12536  0 
ip_tables              26010  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               23015  2 ip_tables,iptable_filter
vboxsf                 37350  0 
nfnetlink_log          17241  0 
nfnetlink              12989  1 nfnetlink_log
binfmt_misc            16949  1 
loop                   26605  0 
dm_crypt               22731  0 
rt5572sta             775681  0 
arc4                   12543  2 
rt2800usb              26173  0 
rt2x00usb              17642  1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib              77399  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              46372  3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211              488308  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211              436618  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt              12347  1 rt2800lib
rfkill                 18902  3 cfg80211
joydev                 17108  0 
vboxvideo              12437  1 
psmouse                86464  0 
vboxguest             189954  7 vboxsf
drm                   240557  2 vboxvideo
serio_raw              12849  0 
i2c_piix4              12672  0 
processor              28221  0 
i2c_core               24265  2 drm,i2c_piix4
thermal_sys            27685  1 processor
parport_pc             26287  0 
parport                35699  1 parport_pc
snd_intel8x0           34948  2 
evdev                  17489  6 
snd_ac97_codec        114660  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                88538  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer              26606  1 snd_pcm
snd                    61039  8 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm
battery                13101  0 
soundcore              13026  1 snd
ac97_bus               12510  1 snd_ac97_codec
ac                     12678  0 
button                 12944  0 
ext4                  489943  1 
crc16                  12343  1 ext4
mbcache                13082  1 ext4
jbd2                   86788  1 ext4
dm_mod                 89276  1 dm_crypt
hid_generic            12393  0 
usbhid                 44481  0 
hid                    94062  2 hid_generic,usbhid
sg                     30043  0 
sd_mod                 44346  3 
crct10dif_generic      12581  1 
crc_t10dif             12431  1 sd_mod
sr_mod                 21898  0 
cdrom                  39232  1 sr_mod
crct10dif_common       12356  2 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif
ata_generic            12490  0 
ata_piix               33592  0 
ahci                   29195  2 
libahci                27103  1 ahci
ohci_pci               12808  0 
ohci_hcd               34767  1 ohci_pci
ehci_hcd               48517  0 
libata                169163  4 ahci,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix
usbcore               166472  7 rt2x00usb,ohci_hcd,ohci_pci,rt2800usb,ehci_hcd,usbhid,rt5572sta
usb_common             12440  1 usbcore
scsi_mod              186841  4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
e1000                 102132  0

And when I try a Iwlist wlan0 scanning, it just says "No scan results".

My wifi card works good in my host system (Win8.1/64bits)...

I appreciate your help, I'm lost...

[Luthing]

Noone had the same problem ?

I'm googling this issue since yesterday, and I still don't find solution...

[when123]

check out the driver . maybe the drivers for the usb wifi chipset is not right .

[Luthing]

check out the driver . maybe the drivers for the usb wifi chipset is not right .

That's why I thought too, but I tested with many drivers ...
Anyone could give me a link with the correct drivers which worked ?

An other question : How could I desactive enabled module listed in "lsmod", with the modprobe -r command ? Could I desactivate all usb drivers in one command ?

[phantom1bc]

that should work out the box, can you post your terminal output after you try iwlist?

[crhoads1024]

I have the same problem with my Awus036H -
I am running a Kali Liveboot USB on PC, MacMini and through Parallels on Macbook Air and I have to:

ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up

then

iwlist wlan0 scanning

Thats when it works.

Give that a try....


I also have been unable to use ip set wlan0 up/down with any success yet it communicates through ifconfig - Anybody have any ideas on that?