Wlan2 is the Alfa Network AWUS036H USB wireless adapter shown below:Īs mentioned in the previous blog post, this has the advantage that it can be used with either a native Kali install or with a VM as it can be directly connected to the virtual machine.You can try adding it as a source (see later), but generally using the Alfa card or similar is your best bet. Depending on the laptop vendor and model, it may or may not support monitor mode.
The screenshot below shows the wireless interfaces on my laptop: If you’re using something different then adjust accordingly, but on Kali it will be listed as “wlan$ is a number from 0 upwards. I’m going to assume that you’re using an Alfa Network AWUS036H USB wireless adapter. In order to do that we need to list which ones we have. Kismet needs to grab packets from your laptop’s wireless card. That’s even more under the proverbial bonnet than I want to go into in this post. One thing I’m not going to go into detail about here is the different versions of the 802.11 protocol. After all, the last thing you want during a test is to be battling with your toolset just to get it to work. I’ve used it for a number of years now, and each new release has introduced new features and greater ease of use. Kismet is the most prevalent and useful tool for wireless network assessments. But for now, grab your favourite beverage, relax, and enjoy! Kismet There will be other blog posts covering other tools and hardware platforms. In this blog post I’m going to go into a little more detail with a tool called Kismet. In my previous post I went over the high level details of conducting a wireless network survey.
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