Getting ALFA AWUS036H to inject

[djXternal]

I have just received my ALFA AWUS036H wireless card and can finally learn about wireless sniffing and cracking. I have a wireless router setup on my network with WEP encryption to start my learning. I am having trouble figuring out how to get the wireless card set up right. It seems everywhere I look anyone running this card that brings it into monitor mode with airmon-ng sees both the card and an ath0 interface, I only get the card (wlan0) and a mon0, mon1, etc...

I went ahead and brought the card up on channel 1 with: airmon-ng start wlan0 1

Then I tried testing its injection abilities using: aireplay-ng -9 wlan0
This is the response I got:
17:10:08 Trying to broadcast probe requests...
17:10:10 No Answer...
17:10:10 Found 1 APs

17:10:10 Trying directed probe requests...
17:10:10 00:40:96:30:86:ED - channel: 1 - 'testrouter'
17:10:17 0/30: 0%

I believe this means injection is not working, but I am unsure why as this card should work out of the box.

[Eatme]

use search next time. But try this command instead, idk what command you used b4.

aireplay-ng --test wlan0

or

aireplay-ng --test mon0
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When I bring my Alfa into monitor mode, i have to use 'airmon-ng start wlan0'

then when i want to start cracking/sniffing/Etc.. I have to use 'mon0' as the interface.

Hope this helps..

[isdigit]

Atheros-based chip. It should be ath0, not wlan0.

[Eatme]

Atheros-based chip. It should be ath0, not wlan0.

he's using the same card as I. And I never had to use Ath0 for it to work.

[Citruspers]

he's using the same card as I. And I never had to use Ath0 for it to work.

Another one here, no ath for me either.

My command "workflow" is basically put the thing into monitor mode using airmon (no notions of channels), and then run, say, airodump on the mon0 interface (or whatever airmon spits out) to see if it works.

[Shatter]

Alfa AWUS036H uses RTL8187 chipset, not an atheros one. The device name in BT4 should be wlan0, wlan1, etc. Boot your BT4 and then plug in your alfa. Now you have to bring it up like this (make sure you're root):

ifconfig wlan0 up
airmon-ng start wlan0

This should create a new interface called mon0 - use this interface to do sniffing and injection.

to change channel: iwconfig mon0 chan 6
to test injection: aireplay-ng --test mon0

[djXternal]

Using the mon0 interface worked for me. thanks everyone. Anyone happen to know where I could get some mac drivers for the card, kinda off-topic, but I cannot find them.

[MosGuy]

Using the mon0 interface worked for me. thanks everyone. Anyone happen to know where I could get some mac drivers for the card, kinda off-topic, but I cannot find them.

You can download Mac drivers from here: Realtek

I've noticed the mac driver is a little buggy on 10.5.x. After initial use, if I disconnect the usb, then come to use it again. The wireless utility will stop responding. The terminal claims that no interface exists, system preferences reports the alfa isn't plugged in. The only way I can get it running again, is to reboot the computer. Sometimes I get lucky and it will still come up ok after the first use. But typically 8/9 times out of 10 I have to reboot. Apparently under 10.4 it works fine, 10.5 is a little more problematic from reports & my own experience. YMMV though.

[Eatme]

Using the mon0 interface worked for me. thanks everyone. Anyone happen to know where I could get some mac drivers for the card, kinda off-topic, but I cannot find them.

I answerd / fixed your problem along time ago.

use search next time. But try this command instead, idk what command you used b4.

aireplay-ng --test wlan0

or

aireplay-ng --test mon0
-------------------------
When I bring my Alfa into monitor mode, i have to use 'airmon-ng start wlan0'

then when i want to start cracking/sniffing/Etc.. I have to use 'mon0' as the interface.

Hope this helps..

[Citruspers]

You're welcome