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What are some good wifi cards for "wardriving" nowadays? Something USB, with atleast AC standard (2.4 and 5ghz support), and with a good linux support (monitor

• viraptor 4y ago
  Isn't pretty much everything supported these days? I haven't run into any recent laptop that isn't ac or without monitor mode available.
  • ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    External wifi cards are horrible nowadays... rtl8821XX sucks, barely works as a client mode.. mediatek somewhat works, and I didn't try the others (yet)
• WelcomeShorty 4y ago
  What I do is get a couple of Androids (preferably different versions, not even necessary different vendors. The difference / efficiency in WiFi & GPS implementations are enormous.), install Wiggle and off you go. No messing with GPSD, no tuning, absolutely nothing just supply power and you are ready to rock. Additional benefit: you also detect cell towers & bluetooth if you wish to do so. For extra good results, drive... slow... I use a scooter that allows me to comfortably drive 20km/h (15 in Freedoms) with a plastic case on the back with a handful of phones and can easily get about 80 / 90% of the SSIDs. I VERY seldomly wiggle, am in the 600 - 700 range.
  • ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    The problem with androids is, that you don't get monitor mode (no packet capture, no hidden networks, no number of clients, etc. you get with kismet), and that a single scan (2.4+5g) lasts multiple seconds, compared to a laptop with 4 usb dongles, where 1 can hope just between channels 1, 6 and 11 (where the most APs are), and the other three are used for the other.