Has anybody used the Hawking Wireless-G HWUG1 with a eeepc running BT4? How much of a gain do you think you would get over the internal antenna?
Although, I was considering giving Paul's antenna hack a try... http://pauldotcom.com/2009/05/modding-the-asus-eee-4g-surf-f.html On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Tim Mugherini<[email protected]> wrote: > Nice! That's a pretty cool USB card, perfect for my netbook which doesnt > have a PCMCIA slot and I often dont feel like carrying along my Alfa with > the 9dBi. Looks like I'm heading to microcenter at lunch - 9 in stock at the > local shop! > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Michael Douglas <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> If you don't mind sharing (or you're able to do so) could you let us >> know what you're trying to accomplish? Different WiFi tools are >> needed for different things. >> >> For instance, at the Pen Test Summit in June, Josh Wright made mention >> of the iPhone using WiFi-Fo-Fum in an area with too many signals. >> Since the iPhone has a weaker detection than most pro gear (stuff with >> Real Antennas) the limited range actually helped him narrow down the >> signals much faster than it might have otherwise taken. >> >> --- >> >> For the low cost, I'm still loving my Hawking USB WiFis. The hawking >> G that I bought on John's suggestion is probably the best thing >> tech-wise I've bought in a long time. It just works. And by works I >> mean it is amaz-wait for it-ing. The drivers seem to be available for >> every OS and the fact that the pigtail is just there, makes it a great >> entry level card. (NOTE THIS DOESN'T DO N I DO NOT USE FOR REAL >> AUDITS -- but it's still damn handy) >> >> >> http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=hawking+usb+wireless+g&cid=4227856102301885371&sa=title#p >> >> >> I have played with a 1 watt omni directional antenna and wowzers is it >> fun... but you're gonna have so many SSIDs that you won't know what to >> do with them. ;-) But for war driving, or doing preliminary work, >> it's something to consider. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Carlos >> Perez<[email protected]> wrote: >> > For pentests the basic kit where I work at are a omni 12dbi, yagui >> > 24dbi and a 2dbi ruberdukkie. For cards ubiquiti 300mw and a alpha >> > 500mw, physical laptops running Linux(bactrack or ubuntu). For lab we >> > have a slew of equipment from linksys, cisco, 2wire, netguear and >> > enterasys to play with. In addi >> > Sent from my Mobile addition to this we have a pelican brief filed >> > with more antenas, pigtails, digital camera ...etc that is used for >> > wireless surveys and is narrowed during assesments >> > >> > On Jul 26, 2009, at 1:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> > >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> With so many wifi gears out there (cards, applications, antennas) >> >> which is your favorite for wifi testing. >> >> >> >> Are you using a virtual lab/physical? >> >> >> >> >> >> I recently got the alpha clone with a rtl8187 chipset(which sucks >> >> couldn't get it to handle injection under aircrack suite). >> >> >> >> My setup >> >> >> >> WinXP (desktop pci wifi setup) >> >> 1 windows 7 usb wifi >> >> 1 Laptop Ububtu 9 (Atheros chipset) >> >> --Virtual box (Pentoo alpha & BT4pre) >> >> 2 wifi AP (Linksys & verizon fios) >> >> 1 La Fonera (with Jasager) >> >> >> >> Thank You! >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pauldotcom mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
