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0000441Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2013-07-12 08:382014-12-04 15:45
Reportermusket33 Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformFour(4) Different LaptopsOSKali updated and upgradedOS Version1.0
Summary0000441: Conflict when a non functioning internal wifi recviever is present
Description

If a non functioning internal wifi reciever is present it shuts down the ability of any external usb wifi reciever like an AWUSO36H RTL8187 to connect to the internet. The Network Manager Applet states wireless is disabled by hardware switch.

  1. BIOS is set properly in all cases

  2. The externl AWUSO36H functions fine with airodump-ng, aireplay-ng,wash,revaver on all four compiuters but an internet connection can only be made when the internal wifi reciever is working

  3. rf kill command not present in this OS

This has been tested on four(4) computers. Two have functioning internal wifi recievers and two(2) do not. All four laptaps are different from each other.

To update a persistent usb which is functioning it must be plugged in to a compiuter with a functioning internal wifi reciever to update or use to connect to the internet.

In one case Kali was installed on the HD then updated and upgraded. Later the internal wifi failed to function and at that poiont no inteernet access was possible.

Tried removing batteries etc as outlined in forums

Kali is certainly buggy we are staying with BT5R3 HD installs and only trsting Kali with persistant usb approach until these problems can be solved.

Steps To Reproduce

N/A see above. However if a internal wifi can be manually turned of by a button we suspect this bug will emerge

Activities

muts

muts

2013-07-12 21:18

reporter   ~0000631

This bug report is unclear and not reproducible.
What is a "non functioning internal wifi reciever " ?
Without any real debugging info, we will close this report.
musket33

musket33

2013-07-13 04:05

reporter   ~0000633

Bug is easily reproducable. Non-functioning means it is either switched off or damaged.

We provide this update.

An HP510 laptop - We ran tests overnight. In windows XP the internal wifi did not work BUT the external usb AWUS036H(RTL8187) worked fine

Historical Reference - We previously had installed a dual boot Kali-linux/XP and had run apt-update apt-upgrade using a connection thru the internal wifi. Later for some reason the internal wifi stopped functioning in both windows and kali. The external usb wifi as mentioned worked fine in windows. When we ran up Kali we were unable to get any wifi connection working both internal or thru a external usb as Kali kept saying the system was locked by a hardware switch. However we could run airodump-ng, aireplay-ng,reaver,wash etc thru the AWUSO36H.

To try and solve this:
We flashed the BIOS in windows, and reinstalled the HP driver programs for the internal wifi reciever and played around with the program setting and got the internal wifi reciever to function. We then ran up the Kali and all wifi systems both internal and external worked fine.

Next we turned off the internal wifi by using the manual switch when using Kali. Kali reported the system was shut off thru a hardware switch and would not let us connect thru any wifi connection both internal or usb.

We then turned the internal wifi system on and all wifi systems functioned.

In conclusion
There is no method to run a usb external wifi if the internal wifi is not morking. Note we have a HP Pavilion with a damaged internal wifi reciever. We are unable to access the internet thru wifi using an external usb wifi when using kali although the external wifi reciever works fine when using XP.
musket33

musket33

2013-07-13 08:29

reporter   ~0000636

Wifi Manual on/off buttons on labtop computers such as HP

  Further to the above. If your lap-top has a manual on-off button or switch, users should consider the following:

If your computer is running only kali-linux and you manually turn the wifi off, you may be unable to manually restore the internal wifi. If the internal wifi cannot be manually restored, kali will lock out all wifi activity with a hardware notice and a connection to the internet will be impossible thru wifi. You will still have aircrack-ng as mentioned above.

  If you are running a dual boot OS such as XP/Kali you can restore the wifi by booting into Windows and use the various wifi managers to restore the wifi then reboot into kali.

  We have tested these procedures on HP and Samsung computers. Kali Forums noted in one case that removing the battery restored the wifi however for us this did not work. Furthermore flashing the BIOS and resetting the BIOS also did not work as there is specific software that turns the wifi on not available in Kali. Evidently even setting the wifi in the BIOS to ON only allows the software to function as an on off switch.
rhertzog

rhertzog

2013-07-15 17:10

administrator   ~0000643

Please provide the output of dmesg in the various cases (working, non-working). Also please provide the output of "nmcli --pretty dev status", "nmcli --pretty dev list" and "nmcli --pretty nm status".

BTW rfkill is available once you install the "rfkill" package.
rhertzog

rhertzog

2014-12-04 15:44

administrator   ~0002856

The reporter did not provide further information. Closing the bug.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-07-12 08:38 musket33 New Issue
2013-07-12 21:18 muts Note Added: 0000631
2013-07-12 21:21 muts Severity major => minor
2013-07-13 04:05 musket33 Note Added: 0000633
2013-07-13 08:29 musket33 Note Added: 0000636
2013-07-15 17:10 rhertzog Note Added: 0000643
2014-12-04 15:44 rhertzog Note Added: 0002856
2014-12-04 15:44 rhertzog Status new => closed
2014-12-04 15:45 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2014-12-04 15:45 rhertzog Resolution open => unable to reproduce