Wlan0 Failed to UP in Kali Linux


 
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Old 10-21-2017
Wlan0 Failed to UP in Kali Linux

Dear Moderator,

While working on airmon-ng when the situation has come to set wlan0 on monitor mode


Identification Wlan0

HTML Code:
 root@kali:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  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
          
eth0      no wireless extensions.
Initial Wlan0 Network Card Identification and its STATUS
HTML Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig 
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.43.163  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.43.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe27:6d4  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 08:00:27:27:06:d4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 80  bytes 7062 (6.8 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 25  bytes 2256 (2.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 18  bytes 1058 (1.0 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 18  bytes 1058 (1.0 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 7c:dd:90:a3:fd:28  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
Device Identification
HTML Code:
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Device Driver for USB Ralink Wireless Card
HTML Code:
root@kali:~# dmesg
[    5.446494] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    5.446497] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    5.446498] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    5.446500] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 ehci_hcd
[    5.446501] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0b.0
Rfkill list

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
USB Wireless Module Library
HTML Code:
root@kali:~# modinfo rt2800usb
filename:       /lib/modules/4.6.0-kali1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko
license:        GPL
firmware:       rt2870.bin
description:    Ralink RT2800 USB Wireless LAN driver.
version:        2.3.0
author:         http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion:     CBEC1FB408E4AA287386D68
When starting wlan0 in a monitor mode using airmon-ng

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0


PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset

phy0	wlan0		rt2800usb	Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370

Failed to set wlan0mon up using ip

		(mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon)
		(mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0)
When using airodump-ng the wlan0 Fails

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# airodump-ng wlan0mon
ioctl(SIOCSIFFLAGS) failed: Device or resource busy
Then Stopped the airmon-ng

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# airmon-ng stop wlan0mon

PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset

phy0	wlan0		rt2800usb	Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370
When checked the status wlan0 using ifconfig, wlan0 dint shown up.

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe27:6d4  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 08:00:27:27:06:d4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 273  bytes 20151 (19.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 25  bytes 2256 (2.2 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 34  bytes 2018 (1.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 34  bytes 2018 (1.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 7c:dd:90:a3:fd:29  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
When tried to bring wlan0 UP, it got failed and message is the same as airodump-ng .

HTML Code:
root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
Some more INFO

HTML Code:
root@kali:~#  cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-|   Receive                                                |  Transmit
 face |bytes    packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes    packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
    lo:    2258      38    0    0    0     0          0         0     2258      38    0    0    0     0       0          0
 wlan0:       0       0    0    0    0     0          0         0        0       0    0    0    0     0       0          0
  eth0:   48726     583    0    0    0     0          0         1     2256      25    0    0    0     0       0          0
Can someone explains why wlan0 is not coming up, tried all my best to bring this up. Any ideas and suggestions are highly appreciated.

TIA
# 2  
Old 10-22-2017
When:

Code:
airodump-ng wlan0

fails, what says:

Code:
airodump-ng mon0

??
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