RE: Wireless Cards for pen testing?

["Richard Feist" <richard () bluesec net>]

How do you handle testing across different 802.11 specs  ie 802.11 a/b/g
with out without the various manufacturers extra's like 'speedboost'

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jpippin [mailto:jpippin () gmail com] 
> Sent: 10 August 2006 18:56
> To: nikhildas () gmail com; pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Wireless Cards for pen testing?
>
> Get an Orinoco Gold with the Hermes2 chipset. Then use the 
> Backtrack LiveCD and you're set to pen-test.
>
> Joel Pippin
> President
> Secure Network Administration, Inc.
> 919.260.5759 
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nikhildas () gmail com [mailto:nikhildas () gmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:43 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Wireless Cards for pen testing?
>
> 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 
>
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