We will be using the wireless adapter with the penetration tester's laptop.
Please follow these instructions step-by-step to set up your card:
Once you log in, open a console terminal and type in iwconfig
. Your screen should look as follows:
As you can see, wlan0 is the wireless interface created for the wireless adapter. Type in ifconfig wlan0
to bring the interface up. Then, type in ifconfig wlan0
to see the current state of the interface:
00:c0:ca:3e:bd:93
should match the MAC address written under your Alfa card. I am using the Edimax that gives me the preceding MAC address 80:1f:02:8f:34:d5
. This is a quick check to ensure that you have enabled the correct interface.