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ZerBea / hcxdumptool

Small tool to capture packets from wlan devices.
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USB Wireless Adapter/OS #475

Closed salibeh closed 2 months ago

salibeh commented 2 months ago

Hi, I am looking for a USB Wireless Adapter that is capable of monitoring/Capturing WDS (4-Address, Wireless Distribution System) 802.11 Frames in the 5.0 GHz band. Also, the recommended Linux OS (Kali, Ubuntu, Debian, etc.) and kernel releases that supports such a device for the most reliable results. Please suggest other venues tfor me o make this request if this is not the right venue Thanks, Emil

ZerBea commented 2 months ago

The recommendation for an operating system is easy:

Rank 1: OpenWRT compiled via toolchain
Rank 2: Arch Linux (systemd-boot,  linux and linux-lts)

The recommendation for an operating system is not easy, because it depends on the target. E.g. if you're targeting an AC network, you need an AC adapter. As of today I'm using an ALFA AWUS036ACHM, an ALFA AWUS036ACM, an ALFA AWUS036NHA (2.4 only) and an ALFA AWUS036NH (2.4 only) to test and improve hcxdumptool (targeting WPA PSK and WPAPSK256 only).

AWUS036ACHM and ALFA AWUS036ACM support several modes:

    Supported interface modes:
         * IBSS
         * managed
         * AP
         * AP/VLAN
         * monitor
         * mesh point
         * P2P-client
         * P2P-GO

and a wide range of frequencies:

available frequencies: frequency [channel] tx-power of Regulatory Domain: DE
  2412 [  1] 20.0 dBm     2417 [  2] 20.0 dBm     2422 [  3] 20.0 dBm     2427 [  4] 20.0 dBm
  2432 [  5] 20.0 dBm     2437 [  6] 20.0 dBm     2442 [  7] 20.0 dBm     2447 [  8] 20.0 dBm
  2452 [  9] 20.0 dBm     2457 [ 10] 20.0 dBm     2462 [ 11] 20.0 dBm     2467 [ 12] 20.0 dBm
  2472 [ 13] 20.0 dBm     2484 [ 14] disabled     5180 [ 36] 20.0 dBm     5200 [ 40] 20.0 dBm
  5220 [ 44] 20.0 dBm     5240 [ 48] 20.0 dBm     5260 [ 52] 20.0 dBm     5280 [ 56] 20.0 dBm
  5300 [ 60] 20.0 dBm     5320 [ 64] 20.0 dBm     5500 [100] 20.0 dBm     5520 [104] 20.0 dBm
  5540 [108] 20.0 dBm     5560 [112] 20.0 dBm     5580 [116] 20.0 dBm     5600 [120] 20.0 dBm
  5620 [124] 20.0 dBm     5640 [128] 20.0 dBm     5660 [132] 20.0 dBm     5680 [136] 20.0 dBm
  5700 [140] 20.0 dBm     5720 [144] 13.0 dBm     5745 [149] 13.0 dBm     5765 [153] 13.0 dBm
  5785 [157] 13.0 dBm     5805 [161] 13.0 dBm     5825 [165] 13.0 dBm     5845 [169] 13.0 dBm
  5865 [173] 13.0 dBm     5885 [177] disabled

I don't know how this adapters are performing when running against WDS networks, but a good place to get more/additional information is here: https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/discussions