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

[Fulcrum Mike]

FYI Kali live system is also using rt2800usb driver and yet it worked 
fine. I'll use rtl8187 driver on Arch soon and see what happens. Regards

On 1/10/2016 4:20 PM, Ivan wrote:
> 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...