Forum Thread: Kali and Broadcom BCM43142

There is a known issue with the Broadcom BCM43x drivers; I got around it but it was a very, very long arduous task, and even then I can't spoof.

Best thing to do will be to buy an external wireless adapter that doesn't have the issues that the BCM43x cards has.

ghost_

There must be a fully compatible internal minipcie bluetooth and wifi card... The card in my old notebook worked good with kali and aircrack. Did not support bluetooth, though.

Seems there is an affordable minipcie-card that matches my needs:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004PG08SE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=linuxp01-21&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004PG08SE&linkCode=as2

http://www.htpcbeginner.com/5-linux-compatible-wifi-cards-mini-pcie-2012/

The good news is: If i get the BCM43142 working, it is compatible with aircrack-ng.

I actually got it working by:

• Switching to Kali Rolling
• rebooting
• installing linux-headers for kali linux 4.4.0 amd64

And then:
apt-get update
apt-get install module-assistant wireless-tools
m-a a-i broadcom-sta
echo blacklist brcm80211 >> /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf
update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcm80211
modprobe wl
reboot

The last bit is of darkshadowman of kali forums.
Link to the whole thread:#
p?26634-Broadcom-BCM43142-802-11-bgn-still-not-working-with-Kali-2&highlight=broadcom

Great work; let me know if you can spoof with your fix.

ghost_

Well, monitor works, but injection mode seems to be impossible.

For the monitor mode to work, a separate interface named prism0 has to be enabled (via echo 1 > /proc/brcmmonitor0).
Sadly, it can only be used for monitoring, but not for packet injection.

Seems like I will have to use an external device for this, but the internal device should be sufficient for reconnaissance.

EDIT:
I had an old MSI US54SE II collecting dust.
Monitor and injection works like a charme.