Check if Your Wireless Adapter Supports Monitor Mode & Packet Injection

The most important feature required for wireless penetration testing is to determine whether your Wi-Fi card supports monitor mode and packet injection. Generally, the monitor mode is disabled on the built-in Wi-Fi card provided by the desktop or laptop manufacturer.

To understand what a monitor mode is, you need to turn on the adapter’s operation in the “normal” (it is called “managed mode”) into monitor mode.

Monitor mode enables a wireless network card to passively capture packets without associating with …

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