Re: testing laptop based on bsd anyone

["Ivan ." <ivanhec () gmail com>]

Hi Robin,

I'm not sure what tools and drivers you are have issues with, these
lists should help

PCMCIA wireless adapters known to work
http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_dev_list1

chipsets
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

drivers
http://www.seattlewireless.net/LinuxDrivers

cheers
Ivan

On 3/8/06, Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi
> I'm having problems with wireless pen-tests due to the linux drivers
> for my wireless card and someone suggested trying one of the BSDs.
> Does anyone here use BSD as a base system for pen-testing from? I was
> going to go with FreeBSD as I have a little knowledge of it already.
> Any tips, tricks or gotchas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Robin
>
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