- Introduction
- Base Images
- Virtualization
- USB
- Kali On ARM
- Gem PDA
- Raspberry Pi - Full Disk Encryption
- Galaxy Note 10.1
- Raspberry Pi
- Acer Tegra Chromebook 13"
- ASUS Chromebook Flip
- BeagleBone Black
- Cubieboard 2
- Cubietruck
- CuBox
- CuBox-i4Pro
- EfikaMX
- HP Chromebook
- MiniX
- NanoPi2
- ODROID U2
- ODROID-C1
- ODROID-XU3
- Raspberry Pi - Disk Encryption
- Raspberry Pi 2
- RIoTboard
- Samsung ChromeBook
- Samsung Chromebook 2
- SS808/MK808
- Trimslice
- USB Armory
- Utilite Pro
- Containers
- WSL
- Cloud
- Kali NetHunter Documentation
- NetHunter Rootless
- Installing NetHunter
- Installing NetHunter On the Gemini PDA
- NetHunter Components
- NetHunter Home Screen
- NetHunter Chroot Manager
- NetHunter KeX Manager
- NetHunter USB-Arsenal
- NetHunter BadUSB Attack
- NetHunter Application - Terminal
- NetHunter Custom Commands
- NetHunter DuckHunter Attacks
- NetHunter HID Keyboard Attacks
- NetHunter Kali Services
- NetHunter MAC Changer
- NetHunter MANA Evil Access Point
- NetHunter Man In The Middle Framework
- NetHunter Metasploit Payload Generator
- NetHunter Nmap Scan
- NetHunter Exploit Database SearchSploit
- Wireless Cards and NetHunter
- Building a New Device File
- Building NetHunter
- Porting NetHunter to New Devices
- Testing Checklist
- Patching the Kernel
- Configuring the Kernel - General
- Configuring the Kernel - Network
- Configuring the Kernel - Wifi
- Configuring the Kernel - SDR
- Configuring the Kernel - USB
- General Use
- Kali Network Repositories (/etc/apt/sources.list)
- HiDPI (High Dots Per Inch) Display
- Install NVIDIA GPU Drivers
- Kali Linux XFCE FAQ
- Kali Linux Forensics Mode
- Kali Linux Metapackages
- Configuring Yubikeys for SSH Authentication
- Kali In The Browser (Guacamole)
- Kali In The Browser (noVNC)
- All about sudo
- Updating Kali
- Kali's Domains
- Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Kali Development
- Public Packaging
- ARM Cross-Compilation
- Building Custom Kali ISOs
- Custom Beaglebone Black Image
- Custom Chromebook Image
- Custom CuBox Image
- Custom EfikaMX Image
- Custom MK/SS808 Image
- Custom ODROID X2 U2 Image
- Custom Raspberry Pi Image
- Generate an Updated Kali ISO
- Live Build a Custom Kali ISO
- Preparing a Kali Linux ARM chroot
- Rebuilding a Source Package
- Recompiling the Kali Linux Kernel
- Community
- Policy
Wireless Cards and NetHunter
External wireless cards are necessary because Android devices do not support monitor mode on most devices apart from some Qualcomm chips used in modern Snapdragon SOC. There are some devices that can support monitor mode with a modified firmware and kernel such as the Nexus 5, 7 (2012), and Nexus 6P. Right now, only a specially modified version of Nexus 5 supports monitor mode for Nethunter.
A couple of limitations are that Android devices require a USB-OTG cable and the power output is limited. Because of these limitations, not all wireless cards can receive the necessary power output and may not have external power (y-cable) support.
When asking the question “What is the best card for use with NetHunter?”, you need to ask yourself what your use case is. While all cards will likely perform similar at closer ranges, some of them have increased transmit power and antenna attachments which allow them to work at longer distances than small form factor cards. There is also the possibility that your device may only provide 450 or less mA of power over OTG rather than the full USB 500 mA specification. If this is the case, you may want to consider devices with lower transmit power.
The following chipsets are supported by default in most, if not all, NetHunter kernels:
Atheros * ATH9KHTC (AR9271, AR7010)
Ralink * RT3070
Realtek * RTL8192CU * RTL8812AU * RTL8814AU * RTL8821AU
Qualcomm internal wifi chipsets (wlan0)
- QCACLD-2.0
- QCACLD-3.0
The following devices are confirmed to be working with a NetHunter build: * TP-Link TL-WN722N v1 (Please note that v2 & v3 have unsupported chipsets) * TP-Link TL-WN822N v1 - v3 * Alfa Networks AWUS036ACH * Alfa Networks AWUS036NEH (recommended by @jcadduono) * Alfa Networks AWUS036NHA * Alfa Networks AWUSO36NH * Panda PAU05 Nano
The following devices are confirmed to be partially working with a NetHunter build: * Alfa Networks AWUS051NH (dual band 5 GHz support may be unreliable)
The following devices are confirmed to NOT be working with a NetHunter build:
- TP-Link TL-WN822N v4
