Re: Wireless Cards for pen testing?

[Ghirai <ghirai () ghirai com>]

Hello nikhildas,

Wednesday, August 9, 2006, 10:42:49 AM, you wrote:

> Hi,

>    im jus starting out at a security firm and have been put in
> charge of getting my own kit because the person in charge is on
> leave. i will be starting out with wired network audits but i have
> been given a free run of the wireless section too. 

>          

>              could u recommend some cards that are supported by all
> security test software? eg airsnort/kismet? will i need to purchase
> one of each chipset? ie prism2/atheros. i need windows and linux support. thanks


I have an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card, with an external antenna.
It has atheros chipset, and works out of the box with madwifi linux
drivers.

I recommend to get one of these.


-- 
Best regards,
Ghirai.


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