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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2011, 02:09:22 PM »
I'm thinking zbout buying an Alfa card as i have learnt a lot of things with Vivek's book.
In my local store they are selling two types the classic one ALFA AWUS036H and the AWUS036H V5. Anyone knows about the V5 ?
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« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2011, 06:34:59 AM »
ok i've seen the different cards :
AWUS036H : 2dbi
AWUS036H V5 : 5dbi
AWUS036NH : 5 dbi + norm 802.11n
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« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2011, 11:04:57 AM »
I could be wrong but I think I remember Vivek saying he didn't get as good of results from the Alfa N card as he did from the b/g one. 

I was considering getting an Alfa but I checked the connection on my internal Dell wireless 1390 and it's constantly at 54Mbps so I'll stick with this one. :-)  (i was surprised)
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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2011, 11:18:18 AM »
Quote from: p0et on October 28, 2011, 11:04:57 AM
I could be wrong but I think I remember Vivek saying he didn't get as good of results from the Alfa N card as he did from the b/g one. 

I was considering getting an Alfa but I checked the connection on my internal Dell wireless 1390 and it's constantly at 54Mbps so I'll stick with this one. :-)  (i was surprised)

If you're planning on doing anything more than monitoring (e.g. packet injection), then you'll want to make sure your internal card is capable.  One of the reasons for getting an Alfa card is that a lot of internal wifi cards can't do packet injection.
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« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2011, 10:31:08 AM »
i've ordered mine today  Smiley
have to wait now...
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« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2011, 12:26:38 PM »
They are good, sometimes I in customer site and I cannot get good signal from the wireless in some areas, I install the card and I got it without problem.
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« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2011, 01:53:52 PM »
I thought the 1390 was able to do packet injection.  I'll try sometime soon and let you guys know.
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« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2012, 09:38:26 AM »
Quote from: p0et on October 28, 2011, 11:04:57 AM
I could be wrong but I think I remember Vivek saying he didn't get as good of results from the Alfa N card as he did from the b/g one.
Anyone else have any experience with the Alfa AWUS036NHR card? I was about to get it when I read that it's not plug & play with BT 5 (and manual driver installs were a pain) + something about it not capable of monitor mode while in N. I'm debating on whether or not go ahead and get it or stick with the old one (b/g only).
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