RT3070 FIXED! AWUS036NH and AWUS036NEH ALFA

[rammx]

In some cases we've seen cards using the rt2800usb drivers (such as the AWUS036NH and AWUS036NEH ALFAs) act strange with the BT5R1 kernel. If this happens to you, you can try installing a recent compat-wireless and building it on your own. This specific version will work:

without card connected.
Steps:

root@bt:~# ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/2.6.39.4/build
root@bt:~# cd/usr/src/
root@bt:~# wget http://linuxwireless.org/download/co...-07-14.tar.bz2
root@bt:~# tar jxpf compat-wireless-2011-07-14.tar.bz2
root@bt:~# wget http://www.backtrack-linux.org/2.6.39.patches.tar
root@bt:~# tar xpf 2.6.39.patches.tar
root@bt:~# cd compat-wireless-2011-07-14
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/mac80211-2.6.29-fix-tx-ctl-no-ack-retry-count.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/zd1211rw-2.6.28.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/ipw2200-inject.2.6.36.patch
root@bt:~# make
root@bt:~# make install
root@bt:~# modprobe rt2800usb

Conect your wireless card



....... source BTR1!


19/sept/2011

We can added the modprobe rt2800usb to start automatically

steps:

nano /etc/rc.local

put: modprobe rt2800usb without #, save and reload!

The next time that you start BT5R1 rt2800usb start automatically and you can work without problems.
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Sep/20

After used several time BT5R1 don't work again, I don't know what happened, but I reinstalled BT5R1 like 5 times and update it , don't work more my AWUS036NEH with rt3070.

Now I installed WifiWay 2 and the ALFA CARD works FINE!, maybe WifiWay are the best choice for people that have AWUS036NEH with RT3070 (rt2800usb).

I expect an update soon from BT team.

[northpole]

Exactly same situation here. I trying to use my new ALFA card AWUS036NEH on BT5 and BT5r1. The older card ALFA AWUS036H (without n) has been working great.

Even after loading the driver and patch as per the wiki article here AWUS036NEH hasn't worked. It worked intermittently when I unloaded the driver rt2800usb and loaded rt2870sta. But it just stopped working after a while for no reason. (It's not with processes, I kill all that are using wlan0). Numerous attempts to load/unoad and restarts didnt help.

root@bt:~# rmmod rt2800usb
root@bt:~# modprobe rt2870sta

root@bt:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

root@bt:~# lsmod | grep rt28
rt2870sta             418826  1 
crc_ccitt               1281  1 rt2870sta


root@bt:~# iwconfig
wlan0     Ralink STA  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:-115 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface	Chipset		Driver
wlan0		AR9001/9002/9271		usb (monitor mode enabled)

root@bt:~# aireplay-ng -9 wlan0
13:04:20  Trying broadcast probe requests...
13:04:22  No Answer...
13:04:22  Found 1 AP 

13:04:22  Trying directed probe requests...
13:04:22  00:1A:2B:2B:24:9B - channel: 1 - 'Pver'
13:04:28   0/30:   0%

It works for a while, but stops after some time.

If I remove rt2870sta and load rt2800usb it doesn't work at all and the only difference is the monitor mode interfaces will me mon0, mon1.. instead of wlan0 itself.

Another interesting thing is, airmon-ng mentions the chipset as 'AR9001/9002/9271' instead of RT2870/3070 (see code above). Not sure if this is a problem.

Appreciate any help.
Thanks.

[rammx]

RT3070 (RT2800USB) & RTL8187 (rt8187) Work Fine in AirUbuntu V2 and V3, Try it!!!!

[DavMan]

I'm having the same problem. I got half of it working from the linux drivers that came with their Alfa CD and I think the other half of it from what the direction said in in the BT5 wiki page... But I don't know if it's very stable or not.... It would be great if someone from BT5_R1 drivers support would take a look at it... I would greatly like to get this working in BT than using a third part (AirUbuntu) to get the thing going.

Exactly same situation here. I trying to use my new ALFA card AWUS036NEH on BT5 and BT5r1. The older card ALFA AWUS036H (without n) has been working great. Even after loading the driver and patch as per the wiki article here AWUS036NEH hasn't worked. It worked intermittently when I unloaded the driver rt2800usb and loaded rt2870sta. But it just stopped working after a while for no reason. (It's not with processes, I kill all that are using wlan0). Numerous attempts to load/unoad and restarts didnt help.

root@bt:~# rmmod rt2800usb root@bt:~# modprobe rt2870sta  root@bt:~# lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub  root@bt:~# lsmod | grep rt28 rt2870sta             418826  1  crc_ccitt               1281  1 rt2870sta   root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0     Ralink STA  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2870STA"           Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated              Bit Rate:1 Mb/s              RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off           Encryption key:off           Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:-115 dBm           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0  root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 Interface	Chipset		Driver wlan0		AR9001/9002/9271		usb (monitor mode enabled)  root@bt:~# aireplay-ng -9 wlan0 13:04:20  Trying broadcast probe requests... 13:04:22  No Answer... 13:04:22  Found 1 AP   13:04:22  Trying directed probe requests... 13:04:22  00:1A:2B:2B:24:9B - channel: 1 - 'Pver' 13:04:28   0/30:   0%

It works for a while, but stops after some time. If I remove rt2870sta and load rt2800usb it doesn't work at all and the only difference is the monitor mode interfaces will me mon0, mon1.. instead of wlan0 itself. Another interesting thing is, airmon-ng mentions the chipset as 'AR9001/9002/9271' instead of RT2870/3070 (see code above). Not sure if this is a problem. Appreciate any help. Thanks.

[mcpuderson]

In some cases we've seen cards using the rt2800usb drivers (such as the AWUS036NH and AWUS036NEH ALFAs) act strange with the BT5R1 kernel. If this happens to you, you can try installing a recent compat-wireless and building it on your own. This specific version will work:

without card connected.
Steps:

root@bt:~# ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/2.6.39.4/build
root@bt:~# cd/usr/src/
root@bt:~# wget http://linuxwireless.org/download/co...-07-14.tar.bz2
root@bt:~# tar jxpf compat-wireless-2011-07-14.tar.bz2
root@bt:~# wget http://www.backtrack-linux.org/2.6.39.patches.tar
root@bt:~# tar xpf 2.6.39.patches.tar
root@bt:~# cd compat-wireless-2011-07-14
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/mac80211-2.6.29-fix-tx-ctl-no-ack-retry-count.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/zd1211rw-2.6.28.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < ../patches/ipw2200-inject.2.6.36.patch
root@bt:~# make
root@bt:~# make install
root@bt:~# modprobe rt2800usb

Conect your wireless card



....... source BTR1!


19/sept/2011

We can added the modprobe rt2800usb to start automatically

steps:

nano /etc/rc.local

put: modprobe rt2800usb without #, save and reload!

The next time that you start BT5R1 rt2800usb start automatically and you can work without problems.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sep/20

After used several time BT5R1 don't work again, I don't know what happened, but I reinstalled BT5R1 like 5 times and update it , don't work more my AWUS036NEH with rt3070.

Now I installed WifiWay 2 and the ALFA CARD works FINE!, maybe WifiWay are the best choice for people that have AWUS036NEH with RT3070 (rt2800usb).

I expect an update soon from BT team.

will this work on bt5r2? just upgraded, then 2 days later received my awus036nh in the mail. and i'm not one of the fortunate ones that have it working right out of the box. i can get aireplay to create mon0 from wlan0, but injection tests fail. AP is 10ft away..
tried looking for info on this topic related to kernel 3.2.6 #1. but so far can not find much. any help would be great.
thanks

[JBlazeRSP]

will this work on bt5r2? just upgraded, then 2 days later received my awus036nh in the mail. and i'm not one of the fortunate ones that have it working right out of the box. i can get aireplay to create mon0 from wlan0, but injection tests fail. AP is 10ft away..
tried looking for info on this topic related to kernel 3.2.6 #1. but so far can not find much. any help would be great.
thanks

Have you tried loading these? My 036NH is working fine for me after I loaded those drivers.

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...-rc6-1.tar.bz2

[DoubleY82]

Greetings,
I recently open a thread talking about this wifi adapter - http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...lfa+AWUS036NEH

Today I did a fresh install of BT5R1, and still no luck.

[pitert]

I tried the same thing... it did not work.
ALFA AWUS036NH only find wifi networks from time to time.
Funny thing is that awus036nh works in BT4R2 GNOME every time!!!

Does anyone know how to make awus036nh work in BT5R3 in VirtualBox????
I believe problem is not in drivers but in way BT is seeing USB modules.. and possibly because "/etc/init.d/networking " has something to do with it.
In BT4R2 networking is at boot down in BT5 is up... maybe thats why it works in BT4R2 BUT not BT5R3

If anyone made awus036nh to work please let me know. Thank you!