[clito999]

I wish to get into penetration testing on my raspberry pi 2 and I need a good external wireless adapter which is compatible with kali Linux and has good packet injection, speed and range. Can anyone recommend an adapter ?

[./Nomad]

Normally for packet injection I recommend anything with an RTL8187 chipset, which are used in many adapters, namely the Alfa AWUS036H which is still one of my favorite adapters considering the power for the price. The only problem would be the Raspberry Pi being a low power device, you would probably need to use a powered USB hub with it. I have a small Ralink RT5370 wifi adapter for my Raspberry Pi that works well, is packet injection capable, and doesn't need a powered hub but also has low range, if you're looking to sniff networks over any large distance it wont work but for general wifi usage and close range wireless attacks it works well.

[clito999]

Normally for packet injection I recommend anything with an RTL8187 chipset, which are used in many adapters, namely the Alfa AWUS036H which is still one of my favorite adapters considering the power for the price. The only problem would be the Raspberry Pi being a low power device, you would probably need to use a powered USB hub with it. I have a small Ralink RT5370 wifi adapter for my Raspberry Pi that works well, is packet injection capable, and doesn't need a powered hub but also has low range, if you're looking to sniff networks over any large distance it wont work but for general wifi usage and close range wireless attacks it works well.

does the Alfa AWUS036H only have b and g bands ?

[./Nomad]

does the Alfa AWUS036H only have b and g bands ?

Yes it does, and that's a good point I probably should have addressed. the adapter does operate on the b & g bands BUT wireless N's backwards compatibility means that you wont be running into any problems with it besides the fact that it will run at G speeds instead of N speeds. I've cracked plenty of wireless N networks and hacked through nodes on wireless N networks with mine and I still use mine on my wireless AC network and it works fine.

Alternatively you could get an ALFA AWUS036NHA which is an atheros chip, I got one with my wifi pineapple and it works well enough. There's also the ALFA AWUS036NHR.

Alternatively you could go check out this to check for chipsets with packet injection capability.

[clito999]

thanks for the help I went ahead and got the Alfa AWUS036H can't wait to fuck with my neighbors

[Megan]

This has actually been quite an informational thread, perhaps @./nomad could write a tutorial?

[clito999]

This has actually been quite an informational thread, perhaps @./nomad could write a tutorial?

Agreed a tutorial would be beneficial to the forum and ./nomad seems to be well informed on the subject Hopefully he will.

[./Nomad]

This has actually been quite an informational thread, perhaps @./nomad could write a tutorial?

I'd be happy to! Expect at least 1 some time soon.

[Dismas]

Normally for packet injection I recommend anything with an RTL8187 chipset, which are used in many adapters, namely the Alfa AWUS036H which is still one of my favorite adapters considering the power for the price. The only problem would be the Raspberry Pi being a low power device, you would probably need to use a powered USB hub with it. I have a small Ralink RT5370 wifi adapter for my Raspberry Pi that works well, is packet injection capable, and doesn't need a powered hub but also has low range, if you're looking to sniff networks over any large distance it wont work but for general wifi usage and close range wireless attacks it works well.

Exact same adapter I would recommend. I have 2-3.