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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002334Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2018-01-29 12:24
ReportereXo Assigned Tog0tmi1k  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
Product Version1.1.0 
Summary0002334: Possible issue with Netgear WN111v2 driver/firmware operability on Kali
Description

Hello,

I am a student currently enrolled in Offensive Security's WiFu (OSWP) course. Per the course recommendations, I purchased a Netgear WN111v2 USB wireless card. I started the course on an updated Kali image. Although the card is capable of sniffing traffic, it appears to be incapable of packet injection, even though the correct driver is being used (carl9170). Please refer to the terminal dump for details. The problem remains, regardless whether the target wireless access point is operating without encryption or with WEP Open Authentication.

The wireless card works fine when run on the official WiFu BT5 virtual image.

Steps To Reproduce

root@kali:~# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

... output truncated ...

Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 3.18.0-kali3-586 0000001 Debian 3.18.6-1~kali2 (2015-03-02) i686 GNU/Linux

root@kali:~# dmesg | grep carl
[ 169.138952] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170
[ 169.144022] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware carl9170-1.fw
[ 176.586321] carl9170 1-1:1.0 wlan0: disabling HT/VHT due to WEP/TKIP use

root@kali:~# airmon-ng
PHY Interface Driver Chipset

phy0 wlan0 carl9170 NetGear, Inc. WN111(v2) RangeMax Next Wireless [Atheros AR9170+AR9101]

root@kali:~# airmon-ng check kill
Killing these processes:

PID Name
6359 dhclient
7807 wpa_supplicant

root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
No interfering processes found
PHY Interface Driver Chipset

phy0 wlan0 carl9170 NetGear, Inc. WN111(v2) RangeMax Next Wireless [Atheros AR9170+AR9101]
(mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
(mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)

root@kali:~# airodump-ng wlan0mon

CH 12 ][ Elapsed: 24 s ][ 2015-06-16 01:51

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

08:BD:43:A8:7C:B0 -29 40 0 0 1 54e. WEP WEP wifu

BSSID STATION PWR Rate Lost Frames Probe

root@kali:~# airmon-ng stop wlan0mon
PHY Interface Driver Chipset

phy0 wlan0mon carl9170 NetGear, Inc. WN111(v2) RangeMax Next Wireless [Atheros AR9170+AR9101]
(mac80211 station mode vif enabled on [phy0]wlan0)
(mac80211 monitor mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0mon)

root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 1
No interfering processes found
PHY Interface Driver Chipset

phy0 wlan0 carl9170 NetGear, Inc. WN111(v2) RangeMax Next Wireless [Atheros AR9170+AR9101]
(mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
(mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)

root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0mon
wlan0mon IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.412 GHz Tx-Power=30 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

root@kali:~# aireplay-ng -9 wlan0mon
01:53:45 Trying broadcast probe requests...
01:53:46 No Answer...
01:53:46 Found 1 AP

01:53:46 Trying directed probe requests...
01:53:46 08:BD:43:A8:7C:B0 - channel: 1 - 'wifu'
01:53:52 0/30: 0%

root@kali:~#

Activities

muts

muts

2015-08-26 17:18

reporter   ~0003836

We no longer support Kali 1.0. Can you try with 2.0 and keep us updated?

eXo

eXo

2015-08-28 01:01

reporter   ~0003843

After I update to Kali 2.0, I'll be happy to give it another try and let you know.

eXo

eXo

2015-09-06 04:32

reporter   ~0003955

I am now running the VMware version of Kali 2.0. After consulting the Debian support page for the carl9170 driver (https://wiki.debian.org/carl9170), I confirmed that the firmware-linux-free package is already installed. The appropriate kernel module should therefore be automatically loaded for supported devices, yet nothing happens when I try to connect the wireless card to the VM.

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2018-01-29 12:24

administrator   ~0008110

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-06-16 03:16 eXo New Issue
2015-08-26 17:18 muts Note Added: 0003836
2015-08-28 01:01 eXo Note Added: 0003843
2015-09-03 13:44 rhertzog Category Tool Upgrade => General Bug
2015-09-06 04:32 eXo Note Added: 0003955
2018-01-29 12:24 g0tmi1k Assigned To => g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 12:24 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2018-01-29 12:24 g0tmi1k Resolution open => suspended
2018-01-29 12:24 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0008110