How to get ar9170 chipset usb adapter working

[dustyboner]

First off, thank you for posting something relevant to what I am seeking. If I am trying to get ar9170 chipset (netgear wn111v2) to work with Backtrack 3 + vmware (due to not being able to download the larger Backtrack 4), are the steps still the same? I put the updated drivers in the same location, but when I went to make, I received the "no such file or directory"- and then tried the code line you suggested in this event, but received another "no such file or directory." Thank you for any help that you can give.

sorry this won't work with BT3. You might wanna try looking for a compat-wireless slax module.


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sp3cy

Re: How to get ar9170 chipset usb adapter working
I did all the steps from the tut, but airmon-ng wont show any interface as well as iwconfig. I blacklisted the old driver und fixed airmon-ng to use ar9170usb driver. What could be the problem I'm facing?
On startup an error occurs:
usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
does this has something to do that my WNDA3100(v1) is not working? how can i fix this?

You can try booting backtrack fully before you plug in your adapter. also instead of just running

modprobe ar9170usb

try

modprobe -a ath cfg80211 mac80211 ar9170usb

Still not working? Try switching to a 32-bit host instead of a 64-bit(Vista x64)

[jnpoff]

Hello, again. So I ditched trying to use backtrack 3, and am now using backtrack 4 beta vmware with my wn111v2. I run 'make' fine, but when I 'make install', I get this at the end:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28.1'
Updating Ubuntu's initramfs for 2.6.31-wl under /boot/ ...
Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.31-wl
Will now run update-grub to ensure grub will find the new initramfs ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

make: *** [install-modules] Error 1

Should I try using a different 'compat'? Does it matter that I'm using BT4 Beta instead of Final? Thank you.

[calin]

Is this update work only with hard drive BT4 installation or is it wotking with LiveCD distributions as well? because after rebooting you probably lose the saved data

[dustyboner]

Should I try using a different 'compat'? Does it matter that I'm using BT4 Beta instead of Final? Thank you.

Why not just use BT4 final?

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Is this update work only with hard drive BT4 installation or is it wotking with LiveCD distributions as well? because after rebooting you probably lose the saved data

Yup, if you reboot the LiveCD your gonna loose the changes. instead of rebooting you can try

modprobe -a ath ar9170usb cfg80211 mac80211

[mirpur]

i fail to update it. i am using live usb BT4 final to run bt4,
any option to update this TP-Link - TL-WN821N v2 atheros AR9170 chipset??

thanks for ur info

regards
ktgoh

Hi all. I'm new in here. I'm trouble so i came to find to solve my pb and this is the right thread i found in this forum. Well i've the same TP Link TL-WN821n v2 wifi adapter and i doesn't find by the backtrack. In this tread written how to update the drive but i dont know much about computer so dont know how to update the driver. I already downloaded the files its says and told to paste in lib/firmware but i dont know where it is and where to find.
So if someone did plz let me know how to do it.

Thanks all

Edit :- I use windows 7

[calin]

Yup, if you reboot the LiveCD your gonna loose the changes. instead of rebooting you can try

modprobe -a ath ar9170usb cfg80211 mac80211

You're good man, this worked like magic from the LiveCD. I had my Chipset unknown but you already posted the answer to that. I did try to run it but it seams that aireplay won't work: it seems that is getting deauthentificated/disassociated packets from the source MAC (adapter's MAC), rendering aireplay useless. But in the other hand, this belongs to another thread, you made your point.
Thanks again!

[calin]

Later edit - erased duplicated post

[GraphicArmy]

Thanks for a great informative post. Nice to see other people are helping each other.

I was hoping maybe you can look at my codes and see what I need to do to fix this connection problem. I still can't connect using your how-to steps.

I also have try connecting using Ndiswrapper and it work using my CD-ROM drivers that came with the D-link DWA160 A2. The problem is that Ndiswrapper don't support monitor mode.

Thanks you again

Here are the ifconfig, iwconfig, and lsmod,

Starting Network connection manager: wicd.
root@bt:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
root@bt:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:47:e6:79
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:864 (864.0 B) TX bytes:684 (684.0 B)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@bt:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:47:e6:79
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2613 (2.6 KB) TX bytes:684 (684.0 B)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@bt:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

root@bt:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
video 18024 0
output 2388 1 video
sbs 10940 0
sbshc 4500 1 sbs
cpufreq_performance 1300 0
cpufreq_powersave 1268 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7080 0
cpufreq_stats 4728 0
freq_table 3476 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 7048 0
ppdev 7096 0
vmblock 12436 1
vsock 39040 0
vmmemctl 8380 0
vmhgfs 51240 0
pvscsi 14308 0
acpiphp 21288 0
iptable_filter 2324 0
ip_tables 10916 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 13592 1 ip_tables
lp 9412 0
snd_ens1371 21216 0
gameport 9984 1 snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec 100824 1 snd_ens1371
ac97_bus 1364 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37728 0
snd_mixer_oss 14324 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 67704 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
psmouse 41732 0
serio_raw 5016 0
snd_seq_dummy 2424 0
snd_seq_oss 27328 0
snd_seq_midi 5952 0
snd_rawmidi 19488 2 snd_ens1371,snd_seq_midi
parport_pc 24292 1
parport 30572 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
rtc_cmos 10156 0
rtc_core 15792 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2388 1 rtc_core
snd_seq_midi_event 5972 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47568 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 19068 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6048 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 50468 10 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o ss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_tim er,snd_seq_device
soundcore 5856 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7836 1 snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 9796 0
vmci 27620 1 vsock
intel_agp 26108 1
agpgart 29356 1 intel_agp
shpchp 31560 0
evdev 9120 5
sg 25064 0
ata_generic 4536 0
pata_acpi 3892 0
fuse 53104 1
vmxnet 17624 0
root@bt:~#

[dustyboner]

Thanks for a great informative post. Nice to see other people are helping each other.

I was hoping maybe you can look at my codes and see what I need to do to fix this connection problem. I still can't connect using your how-to steps.

I also have try connecting using Ndiswrapper and it work using my CD-ROM drivers that came with the D-link DWA160 A2. The problem is that Ndiswrapper don't support monitor mode.
,

Are you running BT4 from a hard drive, usb, vmware, or liveCD?

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To get the adapter working (the easy way)when running BackTrack from a liveCD:

Use the BT4 R1 iso to make the liveCD
after you boot up and get the command prompt, enter:

modprobe -r arusb_lnx
modprobe -a ath ar9170usb cfg80211 mac80211

then unplug your adapter and then plug it back in.
then

startx

you should now have a fully functioning wireless adapter

[GraphicArmy]

Here are my info

Macbook pro 17" OS X 10.6.4
VMware
Backtrack final Hard drive.