RT5572 Exploration
HW: get rt5572 usb WiFi adapter from EBay, Aliexpress,
PC: Alienware Alpha ASM100 i3-4170T
Ubuntu 14.04 first release
Install w/ OpenSSH
sudo apt install flex bc texinfo build-essential aircrack-ng
Driver
Note: this driver won't build with latest kernels (tried 5.4.x)
$ sudo mkdir /tftpboot
$ sudo chmod 777 /tftpboot
$ cd DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_20121022/
$ vi include/os/rt_linux.h
change struct _OS_FS_INFO_ to the following
typedef struct _OS_FS_INFO_
{
kuid_t fsuid;
kgid_t fsgid;
mm_segment_t fs;
} OS_FS_INFO;
$ make -j100
$ sudo rmmod rt2800usb
$ sudo rmmod rt2x00usb
$ sudo rmmod rt2800lib
$ sudo rmmod rt2x00lib
$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
$ sudo cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
$ sudo insmod /tftpboot/rt5572sta.ko
$ sudo ifconfig ra0 up
$ sudo iwconfig ra0 mode monitor
$ sudo airodump-ng --output-format pcap -w /tmp/tx ra0
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