WUSB54GC Linksys by Cisco?

[Tenny]

Hey Everyone,

I'm new but not new, so I figured this would good be a good place to start.

So anyways all the cards that I have can't do injection, so I went to the local store (Frys) and picked up a WUSB54GC Linksys by Cisco. I cannot get it to come up like every guide I've ever read. iwconfig & ifconfig report nothing on rausb0.

Did they change something because it's now "Linksys by Cisco", is that where my problem lies? I did a few search, but found no mention of "Linksys by Cisco". On the back of it, it is listed as WUSB54GC ver. 3 if it helps at all.


Updates:
Since it seems that my posts aren't being approved very quickly from the moderation queue... here are some updates. (Most of these I've tried with both BT3 & BT4) (Most of these I've also tried on three different computers, two laptops with onboard wifi, and a desktop with no wifi at all)

If I type in lsusb, it shows the linksys there (also tried multiple ports):
Bus 002: Device 004: ID 1737:0077 Linksys

I updated to the newest "enhanced" driver (rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.2) and that didn't help.

when I type ifconfig -a it is not shown at all. (nor is it shown in any other place).

If I type lsmod I do see a bit:
module / size / used / by
rt73usb / 28676 / 0 /
rt2x00usb / 13056 / 1 / rt73usb
rt2x00lib / 31232 / 2 / rt73usb, rt2x00usb

I've restarted the network ( /etc/init.d/networking restart) (and started it obviously). Plugged in and unplugged the wifi.


Also the USB Dongle doesn't at all look like any of the pictures I've seen for it. It's solid black with Cisco written on it largely, with Linksys next to it.

That usb/pci id yielded nothing in google search, paste the fcc id of the device or otherwise take a photograph of the device externally with the fcc id clearly showing and make it visible for all of us to see online.

Won't let me post a picture of the device, but it says:
CANADA ICES/NMB003, RSS210 Class/Class B
IC: 3839A-WUSB54GCV3
FCC ID: Q87-WUSB54GCV3

[secure_it]

It works fine right out of the box.if you are using BT3 its named as rt73 and in BT4 as rt73usb.there are numerous threads citing how to use this card & Linksys is owned by cisco and its one of its venture,so nothing wrong with that.attach this dongle after properly booting BT and then use the commands you have learned so far to make it work.if still no help then give the output of

iwconfig
ifconfig -a

[Tenny]

Still having issues, using BT4 Beta 2/11/09.

The command results are the same reguardless if I put it in before or after boot.

here's my commands results: (retyped, as that comp does not have internet...)

wlan0 is a different card (4965agn).

The results are

root@bt: ~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID: ""
Mode: Managed Frequency: 2.412 Ghz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power= 0 dBm
Retry min limit: 7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: off
Power Managment: off
Link Quality:0 Signal Level:0 Noise Level: 0
Rx Invalid nwid: 0 Rx invalid crypt: 0 Rx invalid Frag:0
Tx excessive retires:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

root@bt:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr xx
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupts:16

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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr xx
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr: xx (but super long.... )
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

[Tenny]

Actually looking a bit closer, it doesn't appear that wusb54gc is even turning on. There is a little green light that should turn on when it is recognized and everything, and that's not happening at all...

ideas?

[kid protocol]

Hey Everyone,

I'm new but not new, so I figured this would good be a good place to start.

So anyways all the cards that I have can't do injection, so I went to the local store (Frys) and picked up a WUSB54GC Linksys by Cisco. I cannot get it to come up like every guide I've ever read. iwconfig & ifconfig report nothing on rausb0.

Did they change something becuase it's now "Linksys by Cisco", is that where my problem lies? I did a few search, but found no mention of "Linksys by Cisco". On the back of it, it is listed as WUSB54GC ver. 3 if it helps at all.

I have a Linksys wusb54gc adapter, and mine's by Cisco. If your using BackTrack 4 they renamed it to wlan0. On BackTrack 3 it is rausb0, and what do you mean it want come up? Could you see it when you use airmon-ng?

[imported_hatake_kakashi]

That usb/pci id yielded nothing in google search, paste the fcc id of the device or otherwise take a photograph of the device externally with the fcc id clearly showing and make it visible for all of us to see online.

[stern]

I am having the identical problem with the identical usb device. FCC ID:Q87-WUSB54GCV3
in decimal: product id 119 (hex 0077) and vendor id 5943 (hex 1737)

When I enter airmon-ng in Terminal I get the three headings: Interface, Chipset, Driver. But Nothing below that.

[Tenny]

Here are pictures of the device:

add the htttp and the www obviously... (15 post min to post pictures / links..)

tehlounge.com/t3nny/files/1/wusb54gc1.jpg
tehlounge.com/t3nny/files/1/wusb54gc2.jpg

[imported_hatake_kakashi]

Ok here is the link (hence that's why I asked for FCC ID or photos with FCC ID label):
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/...-WUSB54GCV3%27

It appears that this dongle is equipped with Ralink RT2587 or whatever it says lol. Not sure of the support, you could try contacting ralink for that matter.

[Barry]

Ok here is the link (hence that's why I asked for FCC ID or photos with FCC ID label):
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/...-WUSB54GCV3%27

It appears that this dongle is equipped with Ralink RT2587 or whatever it says lol. Not sure of the support, you could try contacting ralink for that matter.

Good luck with that.