[Working Hardware] ALFA AWUS036H 500mW (Realtek RTL8187L - rtl8187)

[g0tmi1k]

OS: Kali Linux 1.0.3 (x86)
Machine: Virtual (VMware)
Make/Model: ALFA Network AWUS036H (500mW)
Chipset: Realtek RTL8187L
Driver: rtl8187
Stack: mac80211
Injection: Yes
Method: Works out of the box. Plug in USB & go!
Reaver: No issues

Other hardware: Linksys WUSB54GC & Edimax EW-7711UAN

root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc. 
root@kali:~# dmesg | grep 8187
[    1.833207] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8187
[    1.833214] usb 1-1: Product: RTL8187_Wireless_LAN_Adapter
[    1.833216] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Manufacturer_Realtek_RTL8187_
[    4.377289] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr 00:c0:ca:1e:60:92, RTL8187vB (default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[    4.404648] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0xFF
[    4.404730] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::radio
[    4.404753] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::tx
[    4.404773] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy0::rx
[    4.406489] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[    4.406555] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:c0:ca:1e:60:92  
          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 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@kali:~# iwconfig
wlan0     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.

root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# ls -l /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/driver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 29 15:36 /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/driver -> ../../../../../../../bus/usb/drivers/rtl8187
root@kali:~# lsmod | grep -i rtl8187
rtl8187                31077  0 
mac80211              287461  1 rtl8187
cfg80211              123887  2 mac80211,rtl8187
eeprom_93cx6           12641  1 rtl8187
usbcore               109555  5 btusb,uhci_hcd,rtl8187,ehci_hcd,usbhid
root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# airmon-ng


Interface Chipset        Driver

wlan0          Realtek RTL8187L    rtl8187 - [phy0]

root@kali:~# airmon-zc


X[PHY]Interface     Driver[Stack]-FirmwareRev     Chipset                                 Extended Info

K[phy0]wlan0   rtl8187[mac80211]-unavailable Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187     

root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# iwlist wlan0 frequency
wlan0     14 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
          Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
          Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
          Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
          Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
          Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
          Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
          Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
          Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
          Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
          Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
          Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
          Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
          Channel 14 : 2.484 GHz
root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 6 


Found 4 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!
-e 
PID  Name
2751 NetworkManager
2883 wpa_supplicant
2885 dhclient
2887 dhclient


Interface Chipset        Driver

wlan0          Realtek RTL8187L    rtl8187 - [phy0]
                    (monitor mode enabled on mon0)

root@kali:~#

root@kali:~# aireplay-ng --test -e NETGEAR mon0
15:37:41  Waiting for beacon frame (ESSID: NETGEAR) on channel 6
Found BSSID "00:24:B2:xx:yy:zz" to given ESSID "NETGEAR".
15:37:41  Trying broadcast probe requests...
15:37:41  Injection is working!
15:37:43  Found 1 AP 

15:37:43  Trying directed probe requests...
15:37:43  00:24:B2:xx:yy:zz - channel: 6 - 'NETGEAR'
15:37:44  Ping (min/avg/max): 2.985ms/24.783ms/47.072ms Power: -29.03
15:37:44  30/30: 100%

root@kali:~# 
Removed NIC specific values in MAC Address for privacy

Added in another WiFi card

root@kali:~# aireplay-ng --test -e NETGEAR -i mon1 mon0
...SNIP...
17:00:27  Trying card-to-card injection...
17:00:27  Attack -0:           OK
17:00:27  Attack -1 (open):    OK
17:00:27  Attack -1 (psk):     OK
17:00:27  Attack -2/-3/-4/-6:  OK
17:00:27  Attack -5/-7:        OK
root@kali:~#