Alfa AWUS036H 500mW USB WiFi Adapter

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This is a USB device that supports all major operating systems including, but not limited to Vista, Linux, and Mac.

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Features:

  • Connects at a full 54Mbps via USB 2.0, up to 8 times faster than a USB 1.1 adapter
  • Connects to high gain WiFi antennas
  • Compact size for greater flexibility
  • Also compatible with USB 1.1 desktop and notebook computers
  • Plug-and-Play Compatible with windows 98SE, 2000, Millennium, XP and Linux
  • High security 64/128/256bit WEP Encryption, TKIP, WPA,WPA2 802.11

Review:

While most WiFi adapters range from 80mW to 200mW, this one is capable of 500mW without add-on amplification.

Our tests show that with the default drivers included, the device is capable of picking up more distant WiFi networks, however, is not good at connecting to not so distant networks when compared to the internal adapter of a Compaq laptop.

WiFi Hacking:

Apparently the big attraction with this card is that it is a favorite among WiFi hackers. The driver CD that comes with the card contains very buggy XP drivers. It seems that updates are in order, and with 3rd party software this little USB WiFi radio has some extended capabilities.

 

 

Misc Notes:

  • Plus it is just set to 500mw as soon as you plug in the 2nd usb on that dual cable
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=6466
  • What's the average arp injection rate
  • Make sure you are using the version 3 patch
  • the aircrack-ng patch
  • the main reason why people failed to authenticate with an AP is that they are not injecting
http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/index.php?topic=1718.msg9165

 

 

Last modified on 12 January 2008, at 00:05