[arch-general] Kali rt2800usb driver on Arch for wireshark tcp capture

[Ivan]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Fulcrum Mike wrote:

> 
> Hi everybody
> 
> I spent days trying to get my Alfa AWUS036H work with Wireshark on Arch
> Linux. It captured all sorts of fancy protocols, but no tcp. I booted Kali
> linux on the same PC and followed the same procedure for data capture and
> this time everything worked. I could see http requests to multiple wifi
> access points nearby.
> 
> After some more googleing, I think the problem is with the rt2800usb driver
> on arch. I read somewhere that kali comes with a 'modified' wifi driver for
> capturing tcp data. I was wondering if its possible to somehow get kali's
> driver working on arch? any help would be appreciated!
> 
> Regards
> 

The Alfa AWUS036H should use rtl8187, not rt2800. Try it, and see.
I remember the Alfa card having issues with Arch a couple of years ago,
but i never got around to reporting the bugs...
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