<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 19/02/2011, at 10:16 AM, Anthony Adverse wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="687541423-18022011">anyone had any joy
trying to use this? Not so much as a brass razoo so far. Wonder if I'm wasting
my time. Anyone got a USB dongle they'd part with, that will run in AP
mode. Used to have a zydas that was nice, but I cooked it in a faulty usb
port :/</span></font></div>
</div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>For USB any realtek 8187 chipset cards work great for master/hostap stuff. Anyone one who was at the Ruxcon conference in November would've seen the results of that since, along with the real wireless networks, we ran a distributed airbase-like setup using 8187s. See pics (fake ap networks are on right side of images):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://twitpic.com/39axwm">http://twitpic.com/39axwm</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.rootedbox.net/?p=45">http://www.rootedbox.net/?p=45</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.itnews.com.au/Gallery/239456,photos-hacker-skills-tested-at-ruxcon-2010.aspx/4">http://www.itnews.com.au/Gallery/239456,photos-hacker-skills-tested-at-ruxcon-2010.aspx/4</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>The following type of Alfa cards work fine</div><div><a href="http://www.data-alliance.net/-strse-160/Alfa-AWUS036EH-200mW-USB/Detail.bok">http://www.data-alliance.net/-strse-160/Alfa-AWUS036EH-200mW-USB/Detail.bok</a></div><div>Most models of alfa are 8187-based. Avoid the higher powered cards (the big silver/green/etc rectangle ones) - shonky built, run hot and I doubt they have the output power they claim. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm pretty sure that RF Shop sells Alfa cards</div><div><br></div></div><div>Also you could go to/look online at Officeworks, DSE or something and maybe search for model numbers of the USB cards they sell to find something 8187-based. I recall some really ugly-looking Netcomm and Belkin adapters that were 8187-based that Officeworks sold a few years ago</div><div><br></div><div>Neal</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>