Alfa Network AWUS036NHR+CS - Realtek RTL8188RU, Wi-Fi Adapter

Alfa Network AWUS036NHR+CS - Realtek RTL8188RU, Wi-Fi Adapter


Question about Alfa Network AWUS036NHR+CS - Realtek RTL8188RU, Wi-Fi Adapter

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niltonfernandes

3 years ago

would anyone recommend this this wireless adapter for penetration testing and packet injection

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Fabian Müller

3 years ago

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I found the following information details based on the manufacturers number:

REALTEK Long-Range USB Wi-Fi Adapter with 5dBi RP-SMA antenna for 2.4GHz

The ALFA USB adapter is an wireless USB adapter that provides users to launch wireless networks at 150 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band that is also compatible with wireless devices at 54 Mbps. You can configure the USB Wi-Fi adapter with ad-hoc mode to connect to other 2.4 GHz wireless computers, or with Infrastructure mode to connect to a wireless AP or router for accessing the Internet.

The USB Wi-Fi adapter includes a convenient Utility for scanning available networks and saving preferred networks that users usually connected with. The security encryption can also be configured by this utility.

Features

2.4 GHz frequency band, MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)
Complies with Universal Serial Bus Rev. 2.0 specifications
High speed transfer TX data rates up to 150 Mbps
Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES
Wide range coverage
Support software AP on Windows
Compliant with FCC Part 15.247 for US, ETS 300 328 for Europe
Supports driver for Windows 2000, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7,8
Mac (10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7/10.8) Power PC& PC

Unfortunately, it does not specifically mention security testing.