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===== What is the best wireless card to buy ? ===== | ===== What is the best wireless card to buy ? ===== |
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Which card to purchase is a hard question to answer. Each person's criteria is somewhat different, such as one may require 802.11n capability, or may require it to work via virtualisation. However, having said that, if money is not a constraint then the following cards are considered the best in class: | Which card to purchase is a hard question to answer. Each person's criteria is somewhat different, such as one may require 802.11n capability, or may require it to work via virtualization. However, having said that, if money is not a constraint then the following cards are considered the best in class: |
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* Alfa AWUS036H [b/g USB] | * Alfa AWUS036H [b/g USB] |
* TP-Link TL-WN722N [b/g/n USB] | * TP-Link TL-WN722N [b/g/n USB] |
* Alfa AWUS051NH v2 [a/b/g/n USB] | * Alfa AWUS051NH v2 [a/b/g/n USB] |
| * MiniPCIe: anything that uses [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath9k|ath9k]], especially AR92xx and AR93xx (ability to do [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k/spectral_scan|spectral scan]]) |
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If money is a constraint then consider purchasing a card with a RTL8187L or Atheros chipset, also read [[compatibility_drivers#which_is_the_best_card_to_buy|this]] first before purchasing. There are many available on the market for fairly low prices. You are simply trading off distance, sensitivity and performance for cost. | If money is a constraint then consider purchasing a card with a RTL8187L or Atheros chipset, also read [[compatibility_drivers#which_is_the_best_card_to_buy|this]] first before purchasing. There are many available on the market for fairly low prices. You are simply trading off distance, sensitivity and performance for cost. |
* ftp://ftp.openwall.com/pub/wordlists/ | * ftp://ftp.openwall.com/pub/wordlists/ |
* http://www.openwall.com/mirrors/ | * http://www.openwall.com/mirrors/ |
* http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/security/tools/net/Openwall/wordlists/ | * GitHub |
* ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/ | * https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/tree/master/Passwords |
| * https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-Wordlists |
| * https://github.com/search?q=wordlist |
* http://gdataonline.com/downloads/GDict/ | * http://gdataonline.com/downloads/GDict/ |
* http://www.theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/ | |
* http://theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/theargonlists/ | |
* ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/ | * ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/ |
* http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html | * http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html |
* http://www.securinfos.info/wordlists_dictionnaires.php | |
* http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/passwords.htm | * http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/passwords.htm |
* http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/ | * http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/ |
* http://www.ai.uga.edu/ftplib/natural-language/moby/ | * http://www.ai.uga.edu/ftplib/natural-language/moby/ |
* http://www.insidepro.com/eng/download.shtml | |
* http://www.word-list.com/ | |
* http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists1.htm | * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists1.htm |
* http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists2.htm | * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists2.htm |
* http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/ | * http://wordlist.aspell.net/ |
* https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/tree/master/Passwords | |
* https://darkz0ne.net/wordlists | * https://darkz0ne.net/wordlists |
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