howto - rtl8187 backtrack r1 monitor mode - Unknown error 132

[igor988]

Worked for me as well.

I went ahead and saved the following as a script called fixwifi and run that whenever my adapter shuts off. Works like a charm. I wish we could figure out how to stop it from happening from the beginning cause this never happens with the r8187 drivers. In any case, it's nice to know how to fix it. So using the above patched driver method I can use the r8187 driver and using the code I pasted below I can get the rtl8187 drivers working. Now I can use either in bt4 r2.

rmmod rtl8187
rfkill block all
rfkill unblock all
modprobe rtl8187
rfkill unblock all
ifconfig wlan0 up

Its work for me, all works fine Thanks !

[muts]

try this, this seems to work for me:

#!/bin/bash
  rmmod rtl8187
  rfkill block all
  rfkill unblock all
  modprobe rtl8187
  rfkill unblock all
  ifconfig wlan0 up

If that doesn't work, try running this script:

#!/bin/sh
     for i in /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill*/type;
     do
        type="`cat $i`"
        if [ "$type" = "wlan" ];
        then
           n="`echo $i | sed -r 's%/type$%%'`";
           echo 1 > ${n}/state;
        fi;
     done;

[TheFlyingDutchMan]

#!/bin/bash
  rmmod rtl8187
  rfkill block all
  rfkill unblock all
  modprobe rtl8187
  rfkill unblock all
  ifconfig wlan0 up

exactly as described in the youtube vid.

regards

P.s. I guess backtrack is the best on the internet, by far! Thanks.

[shishio]

these steps fixed it for me

1 connect the usb and connect to a network with windows
2 enable usb wifi vmware
3 airmon-ng start wlan0
Working!


works while you dont disconnect the USB

[longjidin]

I haved this problem since the BT4 r1 and i get the solution for this ERROR :-

1. modprobe rtl8187

2. rfkill block all (in BT4 R1 doesnt have must install its first)

3. rfkill unblock all

Now you can try to put your wireless card in monitor mode

happy hunting....................