Don't understand what my USB chipset is?

[kidshoalin]

In Backtrack 3 final in VMware installed from ISO I get this form airmon-ng

bt ~ # airmon-ng

Interface Chipset Driver

ra0 Ralink 2560 PCI rt2500

Ok great but when I type after that iwconfiig I get this

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ra0 RT2870 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2870STA"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:159
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


now this is odd because now its sayings it RT2870 for ra0
and from airmon-ng its Ralink 2560 PCI rt2500

does anybody know if this USB wifi is supported
also I have installed the VMware version of BAcktrack 4 beta and my USB is not even showing up, does anybody have a solution for this, I would greatly appriciate it.....

Thanks

[drakoth777]

Dunno, check and see what lspci gives for that device.

[imported_hatake_kakashi]

This is why I don't bother with airmon-ng..

first, you check via lsusb and you put the pci id into google search, then research for the results or check via the fcc id.

with the info, you can then find out the correct driver via lsmod


As for vmware, read the help files.