AWUS036NHA USB connection keeps failing

[Alberto]

Hi,

I got the ALFA AWUS036NHA a week ago and I keep running into the problem that the usb keeps deinitializing.

Sometimes it stays up but for most of the time I have to keep plugging it in or out just to see if it will work.

I have some DMESG here:

[  754.395088] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 34 using xhci_hcd
[  759.598644] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271
[  759.598653] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[  759.598658] usb 1-3: Product: UB91C
[  759.598661] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[  759.598665] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 12345
[  759.599272] usb 1-3: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[  759.599653] usb 1-3: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
[  759.881726] usb 1-3: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51272
[  760.119294] ath9k_htc 1-3:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[  760.386903] ath9k_htc 1-3:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
[  760.386911] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x833a
[  760.386913] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[  760.386917] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[  760.386920] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
[  760.386923] ath: Country alpha2 being used: GB
[  760.386925] ath: Regpair used: 0x37
[  760.391745] ieee80211 phy22: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
[  760.391920] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: GB
[  760.401584] cfg80211: Current regulatory domain intersected:
[  760.401594] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[  760.401598] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[  760.401604] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[  760.401609] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 1700 mBm)
[  760.401614] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[  760.401619] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2400 mBm)
[  760.709534] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[  761.054991] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 34
[  761.366396] usb 1-3: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
[  761.603495] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 35 using xhci_hcd
[  776.724824] usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  776.828820] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Setup ERROR: setup context command for slot 5.
[  776.940913] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 36 using xhci_hcd
[  792.062212] usb 1-3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  792.166155] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Setup ERROR: setup context command for slot 6.
[  792.278299] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 37 using xhci_hcd
[  797.281317] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Timeout while waiting for setup address command
[  802.488502] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Timeout while waiting for setup address command
[  802.692628] usb 1-3: device not accepting address 37, error -62
[  802.804757] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[  807.807704] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Timeout while waiting for setup address command
[  813.014953] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Timeout while waiting for setup address command
[  813.219083] usb 1-3: device not accepting address 38, error -62
[  813.219169] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3

I'm running it on Kali 1.09a. Anyone else had this or know what the problem is?

Any help is appreciated.

[Alberto]

Also, I'm not running Kali on a VM. So it's not a Virtual Box bug or anything like that.

[cooper]

The typical suspect with USB devices like this behaving flaky is the power provided by the USB port.

See if you have / can get a mate to borrow you a powered USB hub and see if that solves the problem.