root@toadstool:~# uname -a
Linux toadstool 3.12-kali1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2kali1 (2014-01-06) i686 GNU/Linux
root@toadstool:~# echo 'plugging card in'
plugging card in
root@toadstool:~# dmesg | grep rt2
[22083.179252] ieee80211 phy2: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5390, rev 0502 detected
[22083.207370] ieee80211 phy2: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 5370 detected
[22083.291821] ieee80211 phy2: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
[22083.291899] rt2800usb 5-6:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rt2870.bin
[22083.291915] ieee80211 phy2: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.29
root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng check kill


Found 3 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!
-e
PID     Name
2494    dhclient
2569    NetworkManager
2725    wpa_supplicant
Killing all those processes...
root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng start wlan1


Interface       Chipset         Driver

wlan0           Atheros AR9285  ath9k - [phy0]
wlan1           Ralink RT2870/3070      rt2800usb - [phy2]
                                (monitor mode enabled on mon0)

root@toadstool:~# airodump-ng --channel 6 mon0

 CH  6 ][ Elapsed: 12 s ][ 2014-04-03 15:27
 CH  6 ][ Elapsed: 12 s ][ 2014-04-03 15:27
 CH  6 ][ Elapsed: 2 mins ][ 2014-04-03 15:29 ][ WPA handshake: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
<trimmed airodump-ng output>


root@toadstool:~# ifconfig mon0
mon0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18949 errors:0 dropped:1175 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2905472 (2.7 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


root@toadstool:~# airbase-ng --channel 6 -e testnet mon0       <works!!!>
15:29:34  Created tap interface at0
15:29:34  Trying to set MTU on at0 to 1500
15:29:34  Trying to set MTU on mon0 to 1800
15:29:34  Access Point with BSSID xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx started.
^C
root@toadstool:~# airbase-ng -c 6 -e testnet mon0            <still works, checking for bad --channel vs -c switch handling>
15:29:50  Created tap interface at0
15:29:50  Trying to set MTU on at0 to 1500
15:29:50  Access Point with BSSID xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx started.
^C
root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng stop mon0


Interface       Chipset         Driver

wlan0           Atheros AR9285  ath9k - [phy0]
mon0            Ralink RT2870/3070      rt2800usb - [phy2] (removed)
wlan1           Ralink RT2870/3070      rt2800usb - [phy2]

root@toadstool:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:x.x.x.x  Bcast:x.x.x.x  Mask:x.x.x.x
          inet6 addr: xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:49530 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:8043803 (7.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1249553 (1.1 MiB)

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:948697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:948697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:147579461 (140.7 MiB)  TX bytes:147579461 (140.7 MiB)

root@toadstool:~# ifconfig wlan1 up
root@toadstool:~# ifconfig wlan1
wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng check
root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng check kill
root@toadstool:~# airmon-ng start wlan1 6


Interface       Chipset         Driver

wlan0           Atheros AR9285  ath9k - [phy0]
wlan1           Ralink RT2870/3070      rt2800usb - [phy2]
                                (monitor mode enabled on mon0)

root@toadstool:~# airbase-ng -c 6 -e testnet mon0
15:31:24  Created tap interface at0
15:31:24  Trying to set MTU on at0 to 1500
15:31:24  Trying to set MTU on mon0 to 1800
15:31:24  Access Point with BSSID xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx started.
Error: Got channel -1, expected a value > 0.