Monitor mode with TL-WN722N v2 wifi adatper

[t00r]

Hello,

I simply cannot enable monitor mode.

Let me give a brief background on what is going on:

- VMware virtual machine (USB 2.0)
- KDE Plasma # Nice look

toor@kali:~$ uname -r
5.6.0-kali2-amd64

With the adapter connected:

toor@kali:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2357:010c TP-Link TL-WN722N v2
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

toor@kali:~$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     unassociated  ESSID:""  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated  
          Sensitivity:0/0 
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Secondly, cloned the TL-WN722N drives from https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus.

Then, I crossed my fingers as I tried those two methods to enable monitor mode:

1#

sudo -i
echo "blacklist r8188eu.ko" > "/etc/modprobe.d/realtek.conf"
exit
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8188eu

sudo airmon-ng check kill
sudo ip link set wlan0 down
sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor

# ERROR MESSAGE:
command failed: No such device (-19)

2#

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
sudo iwconfig wlan0 set mode monitor
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
su iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor

#ERROR MESSAGE
  Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.

This is what I tried to do in order to set monitor mode, but I keep failing miserably. Can anybody help? Thx

[johhe]

sudo ip link set wlan0 down
sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor
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# ERROR MESSAGE:
command failed: No such device (-19)

2#

What i can get is, you brought your wlan down (ip link set wlan0 down), and then want wlan to be in monitor mode (iw dev wlan0 set type monitor).
It cannot do that since the device isn't there/down.