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 ~$
