WLAN Hardware & Software Options
I thought perhaps with this being the holiday season, and people thinking of their gift lists… I ought to have an episode dedicated to the various WLAN hardware and software tools you might want to have in your own personal kit.
I tried making an audio podcast out of this list… but failed to adequately describe all the items with just my voice… So this week’s audio podcast will be turned into a Video Podcast. But, it will take a bit more time to edit the video clips into something presentable.
In the mean time, I’ve included a list of the equipment and software I carry. Obviously I don’t carry all of this for every type of gig. For pre-deployment work there is one set, for post-deployment verification surveys a different set. For different training classes, different sets depending on needs. And when doing interviews and on-site work for the Podcast an even different setup.
Please go through these lists and let me know if there are any tools you’ve found useful in your Wireless LAN Professional work that I should include. Please e-mail your updates/changes/answers to keith at wlanpros.com.
Thanks – and I’ll send out a Twitter message when the Video Version of this episode is ready to download.
The *-asterisk denotes my personal favorites and what I use most of the time.
Hardware
Computer
- Windows XP/Vista/*Window 7 — Laptop/Netbook/*Tablet
- *Macintosh OS X/VM/*Parallels/*Bootcamp — *MacBookPro, *MacBookAir
- Smartphone — *iPhone, Android, BlackBerry
Accessories
- *Fluke AirCheck
- *GPS
- *Spectrum Analyzers
- WiFi NICs – both PCMCIA & USB
- Jammers
- *USB to Serial Converters
- USB Hubs
- Cases – I favor Pelican Cases
Miscellaneous Supporting Software & Security Software
- *MapPoint, *GoogleEarth, *Visio, *Office Tools
- Senao/Prism – Queensland Attack – WiFi Jamming
- *NirSoft – WirelessKeyView – WEP & WPA PSK Hacking
- *Immunity – SILICAU – Penetration Testing
- *Franson – GPS Gate
Software
WiFi Analysis Software
- *AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer Pro
- *AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer
- WildPackets Omnipeek
- *CACE Tech Wireshark
- CACE Tech WiFi Pilot
- Tamosoft Commview for WiFi
- AirDefense Personal
WiFi Site Survey
- *AirMagnet SurveyPro
- Ekahau Site Survey
- Tamosoft Tamograph
- Visiwave Survey
- Veriwave Wave Deploy
WiFi Pre-Deployment Design Tools
- *AirMagnet Planner
- Motorola LANPlanner
- Ekahau Survey
WiFi Scanners
- Kismet Kismet
- NetStumbler NetStumbler
- Xirrus WiFi Inspector
- *MetaGeek inSSIDer
- PassMark WirelessMon
- *NirSoft WirelessNetView
- *Koingo AirRadar (Mac OS X)
- iStumbler iStumbler (Mac OS X)
- WLAN Book WiFi Scanner (Mac OS X)
Spectrum Analyzers
- Metageek Chanalyzer (WiSpy family)
- *Metageek Chanalyzer Pro (WiSpy family)
- Eakiu Eakiu (WiSpy for OS X)
- *AirMagnet Spectrum XT – USB – Bandspeed
- *Cognio Spectrum Expert – PCMCIA (Cisco, AirMagnet, others)
- Ubiquiti AirView
- AirMagnet AirMedic – Intel 5×00 series WLAN NIC
- Nuts About Nets AirSleuthPro
- Nuts About Nets WiFi Eagle
2.4GHz and 5GHz RF Interfering Devices
- *Nuts About Nets AirHorn Jammer
- *Nuts About Nets AirHorn Dual-Band Jammer
- Portable Phones 2.4GHz Narrow-band and Frequency Hopping
- Portable Phones 5GHz Narrow-band and Frequency Hopping
- *Wireless Cameras – Jamming
- *Narrow-Band Jammer
- *Wide-Band Jammer
- *Bluetooth Devices – Discovery & Piconet
- *Headset, mouse, keyboard
- *2.4GHz Wireless Mice
- WiFi Video Camera – just as a client
- Old 802.11 Frequency Hopping AP & Client
- Microwave Oven – good and bad
- Nintendo DS (WiFi Client)
- Xbox 360 Game Controller
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