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Old 06-14-2015, 12:00 PM   #1
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Internet Running On Browser But WiFi Card Not Recognized ???


O.K. I'm not a complete newbie, but I might as well be when it comes to Unix. I haven't used it in a decade and my knowledge was limited then. But I do remember basics like pico, grep, etc.

I got Kali OS up and running on a VMWare. I am using Win 8.1 as main OS. I also installed Tools.

If I click the browser on the desktop of Kali (graphic interface) I can browse webpages just fine so the internet is connected. I am not hardwired yet it doesn't recognize a wireless card anywhere? The only way it could be connected is the wireless card. It almost looks like it only notices a LAN card which would mean I'm hardwired? Maybe I'm reading it wrong. If I am how do I connect with reaver since ETH0 is not showing any devices ?

Anyways, when I run IWCONFIG, I get ...

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

eth0      no wireless extensions.
However when I run IFCONFIG, I get ...

Code:
root@kali:/# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:ee:1c:c0  
          inet addr:192.168.59.128  Bcast:192.168.59.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feee:1cc0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1913 (1.8 KiB)  TX bytes:2356 (2.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  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)
So it is connected to the internet by eth0 here, which again makes no sense to me ...


Here is LSPCI

Code:
root@kali:/# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:07.7 System peripheral: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (rev 10)
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter
00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 01)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI bridge (rev 02)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:15.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:16.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:17.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.1 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.2 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.3 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.4 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.5 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.6 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
00:18.7 PCI bridge: VMware PCI Express Root Port (rev 01)
02:00.0 USB controller: VMware USB1.1 UHCI Controller
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10)
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative Labs CT2518 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
02:03.0 USB controller: VMware USB2 EHCI Controller
Here is Uname -r

Code:
root@kali:/# uname -r
3.18.0-kali3-686-pae
I tried attaching DMESG too but it made my post 90,000 characters so I couldn't post it ..

I am trying to run Reaver so I need my wifi card to show up on Eth0 ... I can't for the life of me figure this out. Any help would be appreciated. I have been Googling for HOURS now. Spent about 5 hours so far this morning on it.

Last edited by lanane; 06-14-2015 at 12:04 PM.
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:16 PM   #2
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You need to get a USB wireless adapter.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mic...rnalId=1005256
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:17 PM   #3
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This is a guest system? VMWare just exposes the main interface of the host as ethernet interface in the guest.
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:24 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by cepheus11 View Post
This is a guest system? VMWare just exposes the main interface of the host as ethernet interface in the guest.
I don't understand what is meant by Guest System, I've seen it mentioned on a lot of pages I've read though. I am logged in as root though.


As far as the USB card being required, is that an absolute must ? Internal Wireless cards never work ??
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:28 PM   #5
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The host is windows. Kali is the virtual machine i.e. VM or guest.

Yes
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:31 PM   #6
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So this won't work

"From a terminal command line, run the command vmware-config.pl , answer the prompts and when prompted, select the wireless network adapter as the primary virtual machine network interface.

Note: Changing this means that the virtual machine is only able to receive traffic from the host wireless network adapter.
In VMware Workstation, select the virtual machine, then:
Click VM > Settings .
Click on the Ethernet device in the devices list at the left.
Under Network Connection, choose NAT: Used to share the host's IP address."

If I can figure out how to do it ...

.................................................................................................... ...............

Wha about if I create a true partition and bootbale version of Kali ?
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:36 PM   #7
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NM I just reread the insructions and that is basically what is already done ..

What about if I create a bootable version of Kali instead of using VMware though ? Would the wireless card be detected and usable then ?
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:46 PM   #8
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Can not say without knowing something about your wireless hardware.
 
Old 06-14-2015, 12:52 PM   #9
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RealTek RTL 8188EE 802.11bgn WiFi Adapter

Also list ...

RealTek PCIe FE Family Controller (Assuming that is the LAN connection though)
 
  


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