Testing procedures for a good WiFi card

[rexykik at gmail.com (Karl Schuttler)]

lspci should tell what chipset it is

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com> wrote:
> Sounds good, but how would I test it? Something simple from the command line
> of a Backtrack boot cd.
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Karl Schuttler <rexykik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Test master mode too
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > ???? Since it can be a pain to find a good WiFi card, what with vendors
> > > changing chip sets so often, I thought maybe should do a video on
> > > selecting
> > > a good card. For example, you are thinking of buying a used one from a
> > > friend, but wish for an easy way to test it first. What would be good
> > > testing procedures should I run them through?
> > >
> > > Obviously, test monitor mode with:
> > >
> > > ifconfig wlan0 down
> > > iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor channel 9
> > > ifconfig wlan0 up
> > > tcpdump -i wlan0 -s 0 -w /media/mmc1/montest.pcap
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > airmon-ng <start|stop> <interface> [channel]
> > >
> > > Then test injection with:
> > >
> > > aireplay-ng -9 <interface>
> > >
> > > What else?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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