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    Tx-power= 0 dBm on wlan0mon when monitoring; but Tx-power = 20 dBm on Wlan0 when managed. Help!

    Hey everyone!

    I have an issue trying to set my power to 20 when I'm monitoring. I'm using Kali lastest version from a Live CD (USB) and as chipset a Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter built-in my laptop to monitor. So here is the info:

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

    wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Ever's House"
    Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 2C:9D:1E:E3:FC:80
    Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
    Retry short limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
    Encryption keyff
    Power Managementn
    Link Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
    Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
    Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:13 Missed beacon:0

    lo no wireless extensions.

    sudo iw list
    Frequencies:
    * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm)
    * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
    * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
    sudo iw dev
    Interface wlan0
    ifindex 3
    wdev 0x1
    addr 9c:b6:d0:0d:4b:b5
    ssid Ever's House
    type managed
    channel 2 (2417 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 2417 MHz
    txpower 20.00 dBm
    multicast TXQ:
    BUT THEN... when then i try to monitor here is what happens

    airmon-ng start wlan0
    Found 3 processes that could cause trouble.
    Kill them using 'airman-ng check kill' before putting
    the card in monitor mode, they will interfere by changing channels
    and sometimes putting the interface back in managed mode

    PID Name
    3902 NetworkManager
    3918 wpa_supplicant
    3923 dhclient

    PHY Interface Driver Chipset

    phy0 wlan0 ath10k_pci Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

    (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
    (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)
    then i kill those processes and then

    iwconfig
    eth0 no wireless extensions.

    wlan0mon IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.457 GHz Tx-Power=0 dBm
    Retry short limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
    Power Managementn

    lo no wireless extensions.
    Power goes to zero. Any idea how I can fix it? I believe this is the issue why ii dont get any BSSID when I use after listening for a while with

    airodump-ng wlan0mon
    CH 3 ][ Elapsed: 4 mins ][ 2019-08-04 17:26

    BSSID PWR Beacons #Data, #/s CH MB ENC CIPHER AUTH ESSID


    BSSID STATION PWR Rate Lost Frames Probe

    Nevertheless with I switch to manage mode everything is ok and it gets connection to my test wifi: Ever's House. So what I can do to fix this? Thank guys!
    Last edited by FallenSnipa; 2019-08-05 at 03:40.

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