#Netmap wireless testing install#

This all depends on what you’re looking to achieve. The next question regards what platform to use for the exercise. This is important as the device needs to be set into monitor mode (more on that later).

#Netmap wireless testing install#

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.

In general, I use the Alfa Network AWUS036H USB wireless adapter: Nowadays things are a lot more straightforward and tools like Kismet are more mature. Back in the dark ages of wireless testing you needed the right PCMCIA card (Orinoco Gold!), Kismet, and a great deal of patience to get them all working together. One of the most important aspects of wireless testing is the kit. Finding such APs is critical in order to ensure that access to the private internal network isn’t broadcast outside of the physical boundary…. This is especially useful for companies/government/etc as, occasionally, ne’er-do-wells put rogue access points onto the corporate network. The idea is to get people up and running so they can start to discover what wireless networks are around. This how-to is intended to provide a quick guide for wireless testing. However, whilst a penetration test is a critical part of ensuring an environment is secure, you also need to know what is going on for the other 51 weeks of the year. Penetration testing is like a car MoT or a service: it’s a snapshot in time of the security posture of a given environment.