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DS development > Exactly what PCI wireless adapter do I need?

#30385 - jamesishere - Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:09 pm

http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.asp?catalog=31&DEPA=0

Using that link, someone point me to exactly what I should buy to get started with intercepting DS packets and whatnot. I have 2 DS's and 2 copies of Mario 64 and Metroid, all I need now is the correct card.
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#30390 - gladius - Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:33 pm

A good chipset to work with is the prism2, or cisco aironet. Those are well supported under both Linux and Windows.

Personally I'm using an atheros based card though (linksys wmp55ag).

#30391 - jamesishere - Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:36 pm

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=33-124-116&depa=0

Is this it?
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#30392 - sandymac - Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:28 pm

I believe a Syntax USB-400 would work. I've used it on my Mac in various WarDriving situations and it supports all the features like packet injection. (at least with KisMAC). Also it's cheap, like $9 USD. Search for "USB-400" on eCost or PriceGrabber and you should find it.

#30394 - ravuya - Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:38 pm

I highly recommend the Prism2 as well. It's by far the best supported under Linux, and thus by some of our tools.
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#30396 - jamesishere - Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:43 pm

But is the card I linked to the correct one?
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#30397 - ravuya - Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:53 pm

Linksys has changed recently from the Prism2 chipset to the Broadcom chipset (which is terrible under Linux). You might want to get a Proxim Orinoco card instead; from what I can see Newegg has quite a few of them.
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#30398 - gladius - Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:56 pm

The card you linked to is the one I have, yes. However, it's more useful as a general wireless card then just a DS sniffer/sender. If you just need wireless for the DS get a prism2 card - much cheaper.

#30403 - jamesishere - Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:20 pm

Gladius, can you link me to a prism2 card then that will work? I can't fine a PCI prism2 card anywhere.
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#30408 - mclysenk - Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:39 am

I was having issues getting any hacky-wireless stuff working with my desktop. I believe this to be endemic of all PCI WiFi cards because of their lack of appeal for WarDriving and other wireless mischief.

My advice is find a laptop and use that. I'm right now borrowing a friend's laptop and I can actually sniff packets from the DS using AiroPeek's drivers.

#30527 - Hyo - Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:48 pm

I'm not sure what the chipset is, but Motorola's 802.11g NICs seem to work just fine.