Alfa AWUS036ACHM 802.11ac WiFi Range Boost USB Adapter

For people who do not use Linux (correctly GNU/Linux) I can say that this is Alfa's best so far. The rest of this is tech talk you don't care to know. I asked what the chipset and got non sequitur answers from a couple GNU/Linux users that it works real good. Okay, I use Debian myself but that is not what I asked. When I got the adapter I plugged it in and at the commmand line entered: lsusb Part of the answer to that command was "Bus 005 Device 023: ID 0e8d:7610 MediaTek Inc. WiFi". So the chipset is MediaTek. If you have usbutils installed you can do that from the command line as well. I've had the RealTek and Atheros adapters from Alfa, Inc. RealTek was strong and Atheros was more flexible but weaker. MediaTek is better than either of those. BTW, when I got the RealTek model (Alfa's AWUS036NH) I went thru the pain of installing from that CD where the relevant file was buried deep inside a Russian doll of folders. But when I got the Atheros model (Alfa's AWUS036NHA) I installed it "plug'n'play". You see I use the Synaptic Package Manager of Debian and it has a search feature. The CDs were never necessary. The RealTek driver is in the repository as "firmware-realtek" and Atheros drivers are stored "firmware-ath9k-htc" and "firmware-atheros" and "firmware-linux-free" and "firmware-zd1211". MediaTek drivers are stored in "firmware-misc-nonfree" which I already had loaded.

I set up a Raspberry Pi to grab a wifi and then made a hotspot which I hooked to a small ethernet router. This is the only wifi adapter I have tried that could work out to my back yard shed.

I ordered this because it works with Kali Linux and is capable of going into passive listening mode and so much more. It's a great choice on a budget for some security "testing". It performs magnificently when paired with a Yagi antena!

"Compré el Alfa AWUS036ACHM 802.11ac WiFi Range Boost para solucionar los problemas de cobertura en mi oficina y superó por completo mis expectativas. Lo que más destaca de este adaptador es su potencia de recepción; logra captar redes estables a distancias donde mi computadora portátil ni siquiera detectaba señal, eliminando las zonas muertas gracias a su antena de alta ganancia.

Exeptional card. Monitor mode and packet injection supported out of the box. Tested on Kali and Arch with black arch apps and repos configured. Probably I will get another one. If you are looking to "practice" and lear about wireless auditing put your money on this card and forget anything else from Alfa network.

Ordered This adapter as a replacement for my awu036nh because it was supposed to be long range. It's not, it has about 1/2 the signal strength. The I have is a replacement for one that was defective. It has the very same issues. LED doesn't work, no driver disk and no power, WiFi signal just sucks. I'm not going to send this one back, it's too much work. I'll just toss it in the pile of scrap electronics I have

Good for wifi pentest

March 2025 product worked. I was able to plug it in directly into a windows machine running virtual box. It connected to a kali VM. No drivers or anything else to install.

Muy bien

Great value

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Bought to use with Kali Linux (tested with 2022.04) which I run virtually in Virtual Box and it has worked without problems and did not need to install any drivers. Monitor mode is supported and works as well.

Selamlar , kali lunix sisteminde kullanacak arkadaşlar bakıyorsa güvenle alabilirler monitör mod çalışıyor.