Can’t detect wireless access points on Kali Linux
So I have Kali Linux installed on my Lenovo g500 laptop. Wired connections work just fine but I cannot connect to wireless access points or detect them. I am literally out of ideas, so here is the information that might help you help me : -When I start up the computer(Kali Linux is my only OS and its not from a live CD or anything like that) wireless isn’t even turned on, and it doesn’t even detect the card. Here is the output of iwconfig and ifconfig after booting:
# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 20:1a:06:99:1e:2c inet addr:***.***.*.*** Bcast:***.***.*.*** Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: ****::****:***:****:****/** Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:769 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:425266 (415.2 KiB) TX bytes:106759 (104.2 KiB) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:***.*.*.* Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:960 (960.0 B) TX bytes:960 (960.0 B) compat-wireless-2010-06-26-p# make unload /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' Stoping bluetooth service.. [ ok ] Stopping bluetooth: rfcomm /usr/sbin/bluetoothd. [FAIL] bluetooth is not running . failed! Unloading rfcomm. compat-wireless-2010-06-26-p# make load /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' Stoping bluetooth service.. [ ok ] Stopping bluetooth: rfcomm /usr/sbin/bluetoothd. [FAIL] bluetooth is not running . failed! Unloading rfcomm. /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' /sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' Loading ipw2100. Loading ipw2200. Loading libertas_cs. Loading usb8xxx. Loading p54pci. Loading p54usb. Loading adm8211. Loading zd1211rw. Loading rtl8180. FATAL: Module rtl8180 not found. Loading rtl8187. Loading p54pci. Loading p54usb. Loading iwl3945. Loading iwlagn. FATAL: Module iwlagn not found. Loading ath. Loading ar9170usb. Loading rtl8180. FATAL: Module rtl8180 not found. Loading rtl8187. Loading rt2400pci. Loading rt2500pci. Loading rt61pci. Loading rt2500usb. Loading rt73usb. Loading rndis_wlan. Loading at76_usb. FATAL: Module at76_usb not found. Loading mwl8k. Loading mac80211_hwsim. Loading at76c50x_usb. Loading bluetooth. Loading btusb. Loading l2cap. FATAL: Module l2cap not found. Loading sco. FATAL: Module sco not found. Loading hidp. Loading rfcomm. Loading bnep. ./scripts/load.sh: line 21: athload: command not found ./scripts/load.sh: line 23: b43load: command not found Starting bluetooth service.. [ ok ] Starting bluetooth: bluetoothd rfcomm. [ ok ] bluetooth is running. Now I see a lot of ‘Fatal’s in there and I don’t know if that’s ok or not. Now the output of ifconfig and iwconfig is:
# iwconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off hwsim0 no wireless extensions. # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 20:1a:06:99:1e:2c inet addr:***.***.*.*** Bcast:***.***.*.*** Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: ****::****:***:***:****/** Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:933 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:466438 (455.5 KiB) TX bytes:204104 (199.3 KiB) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:***.*.*.* Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:00:00:00:00 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:00:00:01:00 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Wired Network Wired Connection 1 disconnect ##this is a clickable button . Wireless Network (wlan0) disconnected ##unclickable button Wireless Network (wlan1) disconnected ##unclickable button