I. USB INFINITE network card
Using Kali Linux, first prepare a USB external network adapter for Kali system, note that the built-in NIC is not suitable for penetration testing.
Linux system instructions are more obscure than the average person, it is best to choose a drive-free type, eliminating the tedious steps of various configurations.
Two. Common chip types
Used to crawl wireless packet stability and compatible with the three of the better chip:
1.rt3070 (L)/rt5572: Plug and Play supports promiscuous mode, injection mode, AP mode.
2.rt8187 (L): Plug and Play supports promiscuous mode, injection mode, AP mode.
3.ar9271: Plug and Play supports promiscuous mode, injection mode, AP mode.
For Linux (like Ubuntu, Kali, Debian, CentOS, etc.), these three chips Plug and Play, eliminating the need to manually install drivers.
Three. Official Latest recommendation
1. Alpha Network Awus036ach wireless network card (2017.01 Kali recommended)
This network card is the Kali 2017.1 version of the official recommended network card, which uses the Realtek Rtl8812au wireless card chip, support 802.11 a/b/g/n/AC protocol, which means that it can support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and has a very high network speed. Alfa Network Awus036ach has 2 5dBi antennas, with very good wireless performance, the price is around 300 ¥.
Official recommendation
2.Alfa AWUSO36NH
3.Alfa Awus036nha
4.Alfa AWUS051NH
5.Panda PAU05
The above 5 are Plug and Play, suitable for Kali Linux system, the domestic is not easy to buy, recommended to buy in the United States Amazon.
Four. Domestic common models
x treasure on the purchase, preferred the above three chip network card can be.
TL-WN722N v1.0
Note that the v1.0 version is required and v2.0 does not support Kali Linux after upgrade
TL-WN722N v1.0
USB2.0 Interface Atheros AR9271 chip 150 Gigabit Speed Desktop notebook universal signal strong antenna can removable support winxp\7\8\8.1\10 Linux KALI 2.0 free drive monitoring (Linux player recommended) a small amount of bare card stock. Compatible with all systems
3070L external antenna driver-Free USB wireless Card
3070L external antenna
8187l High-Power USB wireless card Cdlinux, water droplets, BT5, Kali portable WiFi 01
8187l High-Power USB wireless card Cdlinux, water droplets, BT5, Kali portable WiFi 01
Five. Applicable scene equipment
Cdlinux small droplet bottle virtual machine VM Nethunter
Thank the Yumbo Master for sharing, this memo.
Kali Linux does not have a wireless card? Play a Hammer paper ~