Hey guys. I am trying to get my brand new Alfa AWUS036ACH to work. On Windows I can see 48 networks on the device. With 22 networks on my internal Intel 8260.
First I installed the drivers that support injection with:
Code:
apt-get update
apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms
Then I disabled my internal Wi-fi to prevent conflicts:
Code:
rfkill block 0 <-- (Where 0 is the internal Wi-fi device #)
Next I kill any conflicting processes:
Code:
airmon-ng check kill
Then I ran monitor mode on the Alfa AWUS036ACH device.
The traditional method doesn't seem to work, but I found this method on a blog.
Code:
ip link set wlan1 down
iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
ip link set wlan1 up
Now let's actually start monitoring networks
The problem is that it shows there are only FIVE networks around me. As I said, in windows I can see FORTY EIGHT
networks in my area with the Alfa device. With my inbuilt Intel 8260 I can see at least 22 of those. With both cards enabled
in Kali I can only see these 5 that the Alfa shows (on both cards in network-manager)
What am I doing wrong?
Here's a readout of "iwconfig"
Code:
root@gitgud:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan1 IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.422 GHz Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off (disabled with rfkill in this readout)
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
(wlan0 is my Intel 8260 and wlan1 is my Alfa)
Disconnecting the Alfa device causes the internal Intel 8260 to display all 22-ish networks again.
Am I missing a driver or a step or something?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!