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Wireless Drivers - BackTrack Linux

WirelessDrivers
FromBackTrackLinux

Withtheeverchangingarenaofthewirelessdriverworldandthemac80211stack,wewantedtodedicateapagethatw outsometrickywirelessdriversetups.BeforeyoustartyourjourneyintoBackTrackwirelessworld,youshouldfirstide wirelesscardchipsetwith100%certainty.Ifindoubt,youcanalwaystryplugginginthecardintoaLinuxbox,andsee dmesghastosay.

Contents
1BackTrack5r2 1.1b43 2BackTrack5r1 2.1rt2800usb 3BackTrack5 3.1WirelessDrivers 3.1.1rtl8187vsr8187 3.1.2compatwireless 3.2WirelessCards 3.2.1Testedandworkingcards 3.2.2Working,withoutinjection 3.2.3NONworkingcards

BackTrack5r2
BackTrack5R2containspatchedstockkernel3.2.6wirelessdriverswithseveralinjectionpatchesapplied.

b43

BackTrack5R2hasswitchedfromb43driverstobrcmsmacdrivers.Ifyouneedtoenabletheb43drivers,followthisho http://www.backtracklinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Enable_b43_drivers_in_Backtrack5_r2.

BackTrack5r1

BackTrack5R1containspatchedstockkernel2.6.39.4wirelessdriverswithseveralinjectionpatchesapplied.Dependin andsetup,thesedriversmightnotsuityou.

rt2800usb
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Insomecaseswe'veseencardsusingthert2800usbdrivers(suchastheAWUS036NHandAWUS036NEHALFAs)act withtheBT5R1kernel.Ifthishappenstoyou,youcantryinstallingarecentcompatwirelessandbuildingitonyourow specificversionwillwork:

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BackTrack5

BackTrack5containspatchedstockkernel2.6.38wirelessdrivers,aswellasseveral"external"drivers.Someofthesed overlap,toprovidemaximumflexibilitywithvariouswirelessattacks.The/etc/modprobe.d/blacklistdictateswhichpre driversareloadedatboottime.Generallyspeaking,alltheolderIEEEdriversareblacklistedandneedtobeloadedman youwanttousethem.

WirelessDrivers
rtl8187vsr8187

Thisisaconfusingone.Thertl8187isthemac80211stackdriver,whilether8187istheoldIEEEdriver.Bothsupporti Thenewermac80211rtl8187driversseemtohaveanastybuginVMWare.Formoreinformationaboutthesedriversch rtl8187vsr8187page.

compatwireless

AsLinuxwirelessdriversmature,morechipsetsgetaddedtothecompatibilitylist.IfnoneofthenativeBackTrackkern workforyou,youmightwanttoconsiderusingamorerecentversionofcompatwireless. Checkoutthecompatwirelesspageforinformationonhowtogetthosedriversupandrunning.

WirelessCards
THISLISTNEEDSTOBEUPDATEDFORBT5.

Testedandworkingcards

Wewereabletotestthefollowingcards.Notethat"passed"means"passedanaireplay9"injectiontest.Wewillbeexp thislistasmorefeedbackdomesformthecommunity.Fromourtestingwefoundthatmostmajorchipsetsweresupport asthemostcommoncards. AWUS036H(rtl8187,r8187)bothmac80211andIEEEdriverspassed AWUS036NH(RalinkRT2870/3070)usingthemac80211rt2x00usbdriverspassed BCM4312802.11b/gLPPHY(rev01)usingthemac80211b43,workswellpassed RocklandN3(RalinkRT2870/3070)usingthemac80211rt2x00usbdriverspassed

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EdimaxEW7318USGUSB(RalinkRT2501/RT2573)usingthemac80211rt2500usb/rt73usbdriverspassed ASUSTekComputer,Inc.RT2573usingthemac80211rt2500usb/rt73usbdriverspassed LinksysWUSB54GCver3usingthemac80211rt2800usbdriverspassed UbiquitiSRCusingthemac80211ath9kdriverspassed InternalIntelCorporationPRO/Wireless3945ABGusingthemac80211iwl3945driverspassed DlinkWNA2330PCMCIAusingthemac80211ath5kdriverspassed AtherosCommunicationsInc.AR9285WirelessNetworkAdapter(PCIExpress)(rev01)usingthemac80211ath9 passed Netgearwg111v2usingthemac80211rtl8187driverspassed ZyXELAG225Hv2usingthemac80211zd1211driverspassed Intel4956/5xxxusingtheiwlagndriverspassed

Working,withoutinjection
BroadcomCorporationBCM4321802.11a/b/g/n(rev03) BroadcomCorporationBCM4322802.11a/b/g/nWirelessLANController(rev01)

NONworkingcards
DLinkDWL122usingthemac80211prism2_usbdriversfail LinksysWUSB600Nv2usingthemac80211rt2800usbdriversfail AWUS051NHfail Retrievedfrom"http://www.backtracklinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wireless_Drivers&oldid=1046" Thispagewaslastmodifiedon25February2012,at10:37.

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