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I've downloaded latest Kali Linux (amd64) and installed it on VMware Workstation 10.

After installation I upgraded Kali's kernel headers to the latest version (now I have v3.16).

apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Now I want to install my Alfa-AWUS036H wireless USB device to Kali.

My device chipset is: rt3070. -> ralink (mediatek) company.

I went to MediaTek | RT3070 to download latest version of this chip.

When you check the extracted files of the downloaded driver you see many conditions for kernel 2.4 or 2.6 versions (meaning that it's an old driver and I think should change some code in that project).

Please help me step by step to install my wireless USB device on Kali.

I also found this thread with no help: How do I install the Ralink RT3070 wireless driver?

When should I run this command (and why rt5370sta instead of rt3070):

modprobe rt5370sta

What I did

  1. apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

  2. I went to this path /os/linux/config.mk and changed these lines:

    HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y   
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

  3. I went to this file /os/linux/rt_linux.c and changed these lines:

    /* pOSFSInfo->fsuid = current_fsuid(); */
/* pOSFSInfo->fsgid = current_fsgid(); */

pOSFSInfo->fsuid = *(int *) & current_fsuid();
pOSFSInfo->fsgid = *(int *) & current_fsgid();

    I did these changes because of some errors during the make command. Did I do that right?

  4. make

    and its result: http://textuploader.com/o49y

  5. make install

    and its result : http://textuploader.com/o49b

My Problems:

  1. After updating Kali's kernel headers and connecting the USB device to Kali I have ERROR for 802.11g WLAN usb wireless driver and nothing happens.

  2. After these commands

    make && make install

    a file is copied to /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat. Why RT2870 instead of RT3070?

Also I had many warnings about unsigned variable and some errors during installation (before step 3) and because of those warnings and errors I did step 3 and after rebooting and connecting the USB device to Kali I still have ERROR for 802.11g WLAN USB wireless driver and nothing happens.

  • Which parts of the driver's project should I change and how can I load the driver?
  • Should I load driver manually, or after connecting does it load automatically?
  • Should I use x86 OS and change my OS?
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  • holly jesus christ. i find the solution. that was my usb driver... :)
    – SilverLight
    Oct 19, 2014 at 6:40
  • Why and how did you determine that the chip set was RT3070..? Or was that a mistake and the chipset is actually RTL8187L or RTL8225?
    – Greenonline
    Dec 3, 2021 at 17:25

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your AWUS036H shouldnt be a ralink RT2870/RT3070 chipset. you got a cheap knock off the real AWUS036H uses the Realtek RTL8187 chipset

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It's not a fake one; it is simply a different chipset. The would be like saying your Porsche is fake because it came with different tires.

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  • The issue would seem to be whether RT3070 is the actual chipset in the OP's AWUS036H
    – Greenonline
    Dec 3, 2021 at 17:28
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There are, in fact, two versions of the AWUS036H:

  • Revision 1 uses RTL8187L
  • Revision 2 uses RTL8225

Source: DevWiki - ALFA Network AWUS036H

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