After getting asked a few times how much of a gain a 9dBi or higher WIFI antenna would have over a stock 5dBi that usually comes with most wireless adapters. I decided to give it a try. First I ordered a 9dBi antenna to attach to an Alfa AWUS036NH USB adapter. I then used InSSIDer to give… Read More »
The Linksys WRT54G is starting to show its age but it is still one of my favorite routers to put DD-WRT on. I have the Linksys run with a wireless N Dlink router as a wireless bridge. It comes in very handy for this. I see the WRT54G many times at the swap meet or yard… Read More »
The OBi100 is a device that hooks to a router and a standard house phone and allows you to make and receive free calls, in conjunction with Google voice or other SIP providers. I found this device to be very handy. I have not had a house phone in many years and had switched to… Read More »
The Alfa AWUS036NH is a fantastic adapter to use with Backtrack 5 or Kali Linux. It uses the Ralink 3070 chipset which is used in many wireless penetration USB adapters. Here are video reviews of the AWUS036NH doing a password data capture. How to do a WPA WPA2 handshake capture with the Alfa AWUS036NH USB… Read More »
There is a new tool to use with Backtrack/Kali Linux for Pen Testers called Reaver which is a great little tool. Reaver will crack a WPA/WPA2 encrypted router within ten hours. On the Reaver page it says two to ten hours. Here is the page Anyone who has ever tried to capture the password of a WPA… Read More »
Getting a WPA or WPA2 handshake is great but what do you do once you have finally gotten one? Well it needs to be cracked. Unlike WEP, WPA/WPA2 is hard to crack and is usually done with Brute Force. There are other ways such as Rainbow Tables and the video card attack, but the simplest or easiest way… Read More »
Disclaimer: All information on this site is for testing and educational purposes only; for use by network security administrators or testing the security of your own wireless connection. Using the Netgear WG111 V2 to capture WPA/WPA2 with Backtrack 5. Using the Alfa AWUS036H USB adapter to capture WPA/WPA2 with Backtrack 5.… Read More »
Backtrack 5 requires a USB wireless adapter to do wireless penetration testing. A built in adapter will not work. For Backtrack compatible USB wireless adapters Click Here to see Backtrack Compatible USB Adapters Backtrack 5 installation is fairly straight forward. There is two main ways Backtrack can be installed VMware ISO The first way to install Backtrack… Read More »