TL-WN722N-V2: Monitor mode not working with TP-LINK TL-WN722N (version 2) on 4.13.0-kali
$ uname -a
Linux Hostname 4.13.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-2kali1 (2017-10-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Problem:
$ ifconfig wlan1 down
$ iwconfig wlan1 mode Monitor
$ ifconfig wlan1 up
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan1 ; Invalid argument.
Monitor mode doesn’t work. It is not possible to spoof MAC either.
About this issue
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- State: open
- Created 7 years ago
- Comments: 36 (13 by maintainers)
I currently use the TL-WN722N(V2.1) under Arch Linux x86_64 as well as ARM 32-bit. Monitor mode works for this chip under the current version of Kali 4.13 as well.
I believe that module loading may not be correctly implemented in the Makefile installers supplied by Ralink.
Even i used to get the same error…but now i finally figured it out as to how to finally change to monitor mode!!!
just follow these steps…
STEP1: open terminal in root and … git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus.git
STEP2: echo “blacklist r8188eu” > /etc/modprobe.d/realtek.conf (you should be root all the time)
STEP3: make && make install
STEP4: reboot
STEP5: airmon-ng check kill ifconfig wlan0 down iw dev wlan0 set type monitor ifconfig wlan0 up
VOILA!!! NOW WE ARE IN MONITOR MODE
I tried this in kali 2021 virtualbox
In step 3, I got error saying:
make [1]: /lib/modules/5.10.0-kali7-amd64/build No such file or directory. Stop
It was due to to the missing linux headers… So I tried installing this using:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
But it said package not found… So I finally found solution to this by updating linux
sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Then reboot… And It worked 😃
@Dogcatfee i tired your soluction and this is the output i receive! ive seen it before and cant seem to insmod this without this exact same error every time! insmod: ERROR: could not insert module 8188eu.ko: Unknown symbol in module
Hello sir, does it support monitor mode in Kali Linux 4.14
@Dogcatfee - your solution worked for me on my TL-WN722N v2.1