Need Help w/Linksys AE1000 Wireless Adapter on BT5R1, New at BT/ Linux OS

[dethklokk]

Introduction:

Hello, I have a install of 32 bit Backtrack 5 R1 with GNOME as a WM. Recently I bought a Linksys AE1000 which uses the rt2870? drivers (rt3572sta chipset) and I am having some trouble getting it to run properly on Backtrack 5 R1(This adapter however seems to need special configurations with some of the drivers I installed)

Here's some info directly out of the text document i made and attached:
#Driver Name 2011_0427_RT3572_Linux_STA_v2.5.0.0.DPO
#Backtrack 5 R1 Ubuntu
#Release 10.04 (lucid)
#Kernel Linux 2.6.39.4
#GNOME 2.30.2
#Network Adapter in VMware set to NAT
#Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit 6.1.7601, Service Pack 1
#VMware® Player Version 4.0.2 build-591240
#Downloaded BT5R1 Config- BT5R1-GNOME-VM-32
#File associated with VM creation- BT5R1-GNOME-VM-32.vmdk

#Tried Searching:
#http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aircrack-ng
#Ubuntu Forums
#Backtrack Forums (unsolved for me)
#Backtrack Wiki- compat-wireless and rt2800 Installation Guide (also How-To's)

I am trying to pentest my WEP secured network.
I have arrived to the point where I can see my interface (ra0) when inputted: airmon-ng. Yet, when I enable monitoring mode, it says monitoring enabled (sometimes giving a dhclient error) and the interface dissapears.
When I start airodump-ng ra0, it gives me the menu and items, but no values. This doesn't seem right, because most of the time I can detect the networks using iwlist scan, and when that happens, its usually a monitoring error.
Before I do all this, I input sudo ifconfig ra0 up (or just ifconfig ra0 up, don't know if there is a difference) so I can get an interface to work with. I have downloaded Ralink's drivers for the results I got on lsusb, and compiled them correctly, with the changes. (I'm assuming)


Details:

Here is the output of some basic commands, and everything is in step-by-step order with some hints along the way. (You will find literally everything in the attachment but here is some previews if you cant/don't want to dl):
iwconfig

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

eth1      no wireless extensions.

ra0       Ralink STA

ifconfig ra0

root@bt:~# ifconfig ra0
ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  e
          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)

More: (commands before dmesg- a lot of lines there)

root@bt:~# ifconfig ra0 up
root@bt:~# 

root@bt:~# ifconfig ra0
ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 68:7f:74:f2:cc:ae  
          inet6 addr: fe80::6a7f:74ff:fef2:ccae/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:9291 (9.2 KB)  TX bytes:2444 (2.4 KB)

root@bt:~# airmon-ng


Interface	Chipset		Driver

ra0		Ralink 2560 PCI	rt2500

root@bt:~# airmon-ng start ra0


Found 1 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!

PID	Name
1646	dhclient3


Interface	Chipset		Driver

ra0		Ralink 2560 PCI	rt2500 (monitor mode enabled)

root@bt:~# airmon-ng stop ra0


Interface	Chipset		Driver

ra0		Ralink 2560 PCI	rt2500 (monitor mode disabled)

root@bt:~# airmon-ng start ra0


Found 1 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!

PID	Name
1646	dhclient3


Interface	Chipset		Driver


#ifconfig now doesnt show ra0, have to add it in command

root@bt:~# ifconfig ra0
ra0       Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 68-7F-74-F2-CC-AE-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:251 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:22029 (22.0 KB)  TX bytes:2444 (2.4 KB)

#airmon-ng now shows no interface available

#have to redo ifconfig ra0 up

root@bt:~# airmon-ng


Interface	Chipset		Driver

ra0		Ralink 2560 PCI	rt2500

root@bt:~# airmon-ng start ra0


Found 1 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!

PID	Name
1646	dhclient3


Interface	Chipset		Driver

ra0		Ralink 2560 PCI	rt2500 (monitor mode enabled)

root@bt:~# airodump-ng ra0

 CH  4 ][ Elapsed: 2 mins ][ 2012-02-20 16:48                                  
                                                                               
 BSSID              PWR  Beacons    #Data, #/s  CH  MB   ENC  CIPHER AUTH ESSID
                                                                               
                                                                               
 BSSID              STATION            PWR   Rate    Lost  Packets  Probes 

#nothing

root@bt:~# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0       Interface doesn't support scanning : Invalid argument

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

eth1      no wireless extensions.

ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT3572STA"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency=2.457 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

#(Ran dmesg and lspci)

root@bt:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:002f Linksys AE1000 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3572]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

#exit out of terminal
#disconnect adapter, reconnect

root@bt:~# sudo ifconfig ra0 up
root@bt:~# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0       No scan results

#close terminal, disconnect adapter, reconnect

root@bt:~# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0       Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

root@bt:~# sudo ifconfig ra0 up
root@bt:~# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0       Scan completed : (etc.)

I have found similar issues on all the forums i listed above and more, yet none to be solved.
I appreciate any help I can get, for I have been on this topic for days straight.
Thanks for viewing,
DK

P.S. Let me know if you need anymore info in order to find a solution.

Edit: I have got airodump-ng to work with this card, but it stopped working after 7 minutes of recieving data. (I think i know how to fix this- somebody else just made a post about it). The problem is, after it stopped working, I couldn't get it to start working again (I wasn't trying to get it up, was just fiddling around). So now I at least know it can run in monitor. Also, airmon-ng identifies my drivers as 2500 and chipset as 2560 PCI? My adapter im trying to use is USB. (i thought drivers were 2870)???