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faq [2019/12/15 21:31] – [How do I change my card's MAC address ?] Not necessary to perform attacks mister_x | faq [2020/02/26 20:48] – [What is the best wireless card to buy ?] update intro mister_x |
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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 virtualization. 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 802.11ax capability, or may require it to work via virtualization. However, having said that, then the following cards are considered the best in class: |
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* Alfa AWUS036ACH (a/b/g/n/ac) is the best performing card, but the driver can be unstable enough to crash your kernel | * Alfa AWUS036ACH (a/b/g/n/ac) is the best performing card, but the driver can be unstable enough to crash your kernel |
* Alfa AWUS036ACM (a/b/g/n/ac) is the highest performing of the STABLE devices, but it requires kernel 4.19.5 or higher, and the driver doesn't work on the Raspberry Pi yet | * Alfa AWUS036ACM (a/b/g/n/ac) is the highest performing of the STABLE devices, but it requires kernel 4.19.5 or higher, and the driver doesn't work on the Raspberry Pi 3 yet; it works on the Raspberry Pi 4. |
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Runner ups: | Runner ups: |