Linux usb wireless dongle

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This guide explains how to install a broadband wireless dongle on Linux.
It lists the main problems users usually find when trying to install the dongle on a Linux OS, and provides possible solutions.
I have seen many posts about users trying to install their broadband internet and getting stuck at the same problem, or just asking how to install their specific version of their dongle, without having tried anything. I noticed that on the internet there is not much info either, even if most of installations share the same steps.

I am writing this guide in the attempt to unify, in the best possible way, the installation guides for most broadband dongles for a generic (beginner) Linux user. All the commands should work on any Linux distribution. For your information, the distribution I used to make this tutorial is Debian Squeeze with Gnome (GUI), and the broadband modem is an obscure Olivetti Olicard 200, which was only known to be not very Linux-friendly.

The only prerequisite is to know how to install software packages on your distribution. I explain any other step and provide commands. No other knowledge of Linux is assumed.

I copied this guide from my blog, here:
http://www.greplinux.net/2012/07/everyt . about.html
I wrote this guide and it is not copyrighted.

1. Check that your system sees the hardware

Firstly, remove your PIN from the SIM card using a mobile phone, as it can unnecessarily complicate things.

Whenever you plug-in your usb broadband modem, the very first thing you need to check is that your systems realizes that something has been plugged-in your usb port.

I am assuming that your mobile broadband dongle is working on the first place (can check on a Windows system, if you are not sure). A flashing led should show you that the electronics are working inside.

Run this command to see if the modem is recognized as plugged-in a usb port:

If you see an error message, you most probably do not have installed the usbutils package. The output will be something similar to:

Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 003: ID 04b4:0060 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub [b] Bus 002 Device 028: ID 0b3c:f000 Olivetti Techcenter[/b] Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b044 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Acer CrystalEye Webcam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

This is the list of the usb ports and what is connected to them, you should recognize your broadband dongle by the brand name. Sometimes the names do not coincide, so if you have troubles finding it in the list, disconnect it and run lsusb again to check which device is missing. The missing device is the broadband modem.

Take a note of the codes just before the brand name. In my case the numbers are:

where 0b3c is the vendor code and f000 is the product code.
This product code is used for storage usb dongles. As most of mobile broadband dongles are also capable to store data, the system is not recognizing the dongle as a modem. If you have this product code as well, proceed to Step 2 .

If you see a code like XXXX or cXXX (where X is any number from 0-9), instead, your system already recognizes your dongle as a wireless broadband modem.
You can skip Step 2 and proceed to Step 3 .

2. Switch device from usb to modem
(this step requires an internet connection, you can gather the packages from another pc if you are not able to connect on your own)

Your internet dongle is not recognized as such. We will use a software to let your system recognize it, called usb-modeswitch. You need to install two packages which are part of this program: usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data. Also install wdial and modemmanager, if for some reason are not installed already.

Once installed, you will need to type a single command to switch the mode of your internet dongle from storage usb-stick to modem.
Firstly, you will need some information:

— The vendor code, as found before usign lsusb (in my case 0b3c)
— The product code, as found before usign lsusb (in my case f000)
— A Hex key, associated to vendor and product code.

You already have vendor and product code, but in order to obtain the Hex key, you need to run the following command, which will retrieve the Hex key from your system.

$ cat /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/[vendor code]\:[product code] | grep MessageContent

You need to substitute [vendor code] with your vendor code and [product code] with your product code. In my case, the command is:

$ cat /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/0b3c\:f000 | grep MessageContent

This will print on your screen the Hex key. After you gathered this information, open the terminal and type:

$ sudo usb_modeswitch --default-vendor [vendor code] --default-product [product code] --message-content [hex key]

$ sudo usb_modeswitch --default-vendor 0x0b3c --default-product 0xf000 --message-content 5553424312345678c000000080010606f50402527000000000000000000000 

Looking for default devices . Found devices in default mode, class or configuration (1) Accessing device 003 on bus 001 . Getting the current device configuration . OK, got current device configuration (1) Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in) Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in) Inquiring device details; driver will be detached . Looking for active driver . OK, driver found ("usb-storage") OK, driver "usb-storage" detached SCSI inquiry data (for identification) ------------------------- Vendor String: USBModem Model String: MMC Storage Revision String: 2.31 ------------------------- USB description data (for identification) ------------------------- Manufacturer: USBModem Product: HSPA Data Card Serial No.: 1234567890ABCDEF ------------------------- Setting up communication with interface 0 . Using endpoint 0x01 for message sending . Trying to send message 1 to endpoint 0x01 . OK, message successfully sent Resetting response endpoint 0x81 Resetting message endpoint 0x01 Device is gone, skipping any further commands -> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye. 

If the command succeed, like in this case, run lsusb. When you do, you should note a change, as the internet dongle has now changed its product-code to «c005».

 Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 04b4:0060 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0b3c:[b]c005[/b] Olivetti Techcenter Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b044 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Acer CrystalEye Webcam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 

Reboot and you can now proceed to the next step.

3. Install your internet dongle (the normal way)

If you are lucky enough, your broadband internet might be working already. In the GUI, click on the Network Manager icon and see if the Broadband connection is available. If it is, click on it to set up a new connection and proceed to Step 4 .
Otherwise, try to run on a terminal:

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=[vendor code] product=[product code]

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0b3c product=0xc005

This commands adds a loadable kernel module to recognize your device. Straight after you run it, your system should automatically detect your device and you can proceed with configuring your internet dongle.

If even this method did not work (as it did not on my Olidata 200), and your Network Manager does not recognize the device, it means that you will need to find another way to let it work, so jump this section and go to Step 5 .

Now that you have your working dongle, you need to do some final setups before configuring it. In order to get the modprobe command run at every boot, you need to append the previous command to /etc/rc.local, by running as root:

# sed -i '$ d' /etc/rc.local; echo 'modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0b3c product=0xc005' >> /etc/rc.local; echo 'exit 0' >> /etc/rc.local

As usual, replace 0b3c and c005 with your vendor code and product code.

4. Connect to the internet

You now need to set up a new connection with your broadband dongle. If a connection wizard opens, you can follow the instructions on screen and it will automatically configure your dongle.

It may happen that your dongle does not like the network manager configuration. You can get around the problem using wvdial.

[Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Baud = 460800 Init1 = ATX3 Init2 = AT&F Q0 V1 E0 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Init3 = at+cgdcont=1,"IP","[i][APN][/i]" Phone = *99# Dial Attempts = 5 Stupid Mode = on Dial Command = ATDT Idle Seconds = 7200 Ask Passwords = 0 Password = "[i][PW][/i]" Username = "[i][UN][/i]" Carrier Check = on New PPPD = 1 Auto DNS = on

Congratulations, your dongle should be working now!

5. Install your internet dongle (the alternative way)

If the «normal» way to install your dongle did not work, you should consider using a very neat utility, which usually works with picky internet dongles.
It is called Sakis 3G.

You just need to download it and extract it:

$ wget http://www.sakis3g.org/versions/latest/binary-free/sakis3g.gz $ gunzip sakis3g.gz $ chmod +x sakis3g

Before running it, you need to remove the modemmanager application which controls mobile broadband devices through the GUI Network Manager. This is because it may conflict with Sakis 3G.

$ sudo apt-get remove modemmanager

And you can follow the screens to configure the dongle and connect to the internet:

— Connect with 3G
— USB Device
— Select USB Device (the name should be familiar)
— Select Interface (only one should work as modem)
— Select APN (should auto-detect)

If you see a screen informing you that the device connected: congratulations, you managed to make your internet wireless dongle work on a Linux OS!

This is my first how-to, please reply to suggest other methods, mistakes (I’m sure there will be many) or if you have any problems.
Hope it helped

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How to install USB wireless dongle on Kali Linux or Ubuntu

For this tutorial, I have a DWA-182 USB wireless dongle which is one of the affordable devices that we can start with when getting into Wireless hacking/pen testing on Kali Linux.

Now, I’ll show you how to get it works.

• I have Kali 2017.3 32 bit as installed on Virtualbox on Macbook air (early 2015)
• I have DWA-182 (rev. C1) USB wireless dongle connected my Kali VM from my Mac (refer to below figure)

How to get your WiFi working

$ lsusb (you should see D-Link adapter) $ apt update && apt upgrade -y $ apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms -y (rtl8812au-dkms for ubuntu) $ reboot ==== after reboot === $ ifconfig (you should see wlan0 now) $ ifconfig wlan0 down $ iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor $ ifconfig wlan0 up $ tcpdump -I -i wlan0 -w ~/my-trace.pcap (listen packets on air)

*** note that to know which chipset drivers to install, you can check here:

Then you’ll see that DWA-182 uses Realtek RTL8812AU

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