Today let's see the basic command used for Kali Liux OS Wi-Fi troubleshooting:

 

1. airmon-ng --verbose

 

A modified version of airmon-ng, which helps with troubleshooting and monitor mode.

 

root@kali ~$ airmon-ng --verbose

Linux kali 3.12-kali1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2kali1 (2014-01-06) i686 GNU/Linux
Detected VM using lscpu
This appears to be a VMware Virtual Machine
If your system supports VT-d, it may be possible to use PCI devices
If your system does not support VT-d, you can only use USB wifi cards

K indicates driver is from 3.12-kali1-686-pae
V indicates driver comes directly from the vendor, almost certainly a bad thing
S indicates driver comes from the staging tree, these drivers are meant for reference not actual use, BEWARE
? indicates we do not know where the driver comes from... report this


X[PHY]Interface	Driver[Stack]-FirmwareRev	Chipset							Extended Info

K[phy0]wlan0	rt73usb[mac80211]-1.7	Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]	

root@kali ~$

 

2. rfkill

 

Enables (and disables) wireless devices.

 

root@kali ~$ rfkill list
2: phy2: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
root@kali ~$

 

3. iwconfig

 

Displays & controls 802.11 NICs.

 

root@kali ~$ rfkill list
2: phy2: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
root@kali ~$

 

4. airmon-ng

 

Automates turning wireless cards into monitor mode

 

root@kali ~$ airmon-ng


Interface	Chipset		Driver

wlan0		Ralink 2573 USB	rt73usb - [phy1]

root@kali ~$

 

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