We will be using the wireless adapter with the penetration tester's laptop.
Follow these instructions step by step to set up your card:
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 up
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 look like 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.18.223.106.232