The Best USB Wi-Fi Adapters for 2023" provides recommendations for USB wireless adapters that can enhance Wi-Fi signal and are suitable for cyber security purposes. The article discusses the advantages of using USB wireless adapters as a cost-effective alternative to improve Wi-Fi signal by upgrading the antenna, especially in homes with multiple users. The adapters from various brands, including TP-Link, Netgear, and Amazon, were tested in different locations to assess their performance. While most adapters are compatible with Windows and some with Linux, it is noted that only a few have official macOS drivers. The adapters support different Wi-Fi specifications, with AC1200, AC1300, and AC1900 performance levels. The article mentions the introduction of Wi-Fi 6 adapters, which were expected to provide improved speeds and range. However, the real-world results have been underwhelming compared to the theoretical advantages. The D-Link AX1850, the first Wi-Fi 6 adapter, did not deliver faster speeds at a distance, despite its promising features. Among the tested adapters, the TP-Link Archer T9UH is highlighted as the top choice due to its balanced combination of cost and signal improvement. The Netgear Nighthawk is praised for its excellent performance, although it comes at a higher price point. The TP-Link Archer T4U Plus is mentioned as a good option that strikes a balance between price and performance. The article also mentions that some adapters, such as BrosTrend, performed subpar in the testing. It advises users to troubleshoot other factors that may affect wireless connectivity and suggests available resources for addressing issues related to home internet and cell signal problems.

1. Best USB Wireless (Wi-Fi) Adapters for Hacking 2023
A lot of people seem to get confused when we start talking about wireless adapters
and wireless cards they don't know what they are why do we need them and how to
select the right one because there is so many brands and so many what we mean by
a wireless adapter is a device that you connect to your computer through a usb port
and it allows you to communicate with other devices over wifi so you can use it to
connect to wireless networks and communicate with other computers that use wi-fi
now i know what you're
thinking you're thinking that your laptop already has this and yes that's correct most
laptops and most phones already have this built in there's two problems with that
though the first problem is you can't access built-in wireless adapters through kali if
it's installed as a virtual machine the second problem and the most important problem
is the fact that these built-in wireless adapters are not good for hacking so even if
you install kali as a main machine and then you'll have access to your
built-in wireless card but you still want to be able to use this wireless adapter for
hacking because it doesn't support monitor mode or packet injection so you want to
be able to use it to crack wi-fi passwords and do all the cool stuff that we can do in
kali linux with aircrack ng and other programs now before we start talking about the
brands and the models that will work with kali linux and all that i want to talk about
a more important factor which is the chipset that's used inside the wireless adapter
so forget about the brand for now and we're going to talk about the brains the mind
that actually does all the calculations inside the wireless adapter this is what
determines whether this adapter is good or bad whether it works for whether it
supports packet injection and monitor mode and works with cali and aircrack or not
the brand is irrelevant what's used inside that adapter is important and that's the
chipset now there's a lot of chipsets that support monitor mode and packet injection
and kali linux
the best one in my opinion is one that's made by atheros and its model is ar9271 this
chipset supports monitor mode packet injection master mode so you can use the
chipset to create fake access points you can use it to hack into networks you can use
it to pack it to inject packets you can use this chipset to do all the attacks that i show
in my courses and pretty much all the attacks that you could do using aircrack ng i

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actually don't know of an attack that this chipset that doesn't support the only
problem with this chipset is
that it only supports 2.4 gigahertz so if your target network uses 5 gigahertz or the
some of the devices are connected over 5g then you won't be able to communicate
with these devices you won't even be able to see them in aircraft and aerodunk and
all that so you won't be able to launch the attacks against them that's not because the
chipset is not good it's because it literally cannot see 5 gigahertz traffic so it only
works over 2.
4 gigahertz now if you want to get an adapter that uses this chipset then you have
two options well you have a lot of options but i'm going to talk about two first a
cheap option which you can get an unbranded wireless adapter that uses this chipset
and you can use it to do all of the attacks that i just said the only thing is that this
adapter is unbranded so it's a bit cheaper the second option is to get alpha aw
us036nha now this is a wireless adapter that's made by alpha which is a very popular
company and they made great wireless adapters so
again it has the same chipset as the budget one it will have the same compatibility
the only difference is the build quality this is a much much higher quality product
made by a very good company i've used both of the adapters and they both function
very well the only difference is the alpha adapter has a longer range and it just seems
a little bit more reliable i don't know if it's just in my head or if it's just alpha is just
a better company the plus for the budgeted adapter though it's much smaller it's much
more compact
so if you're in a public place it's much easier to use than the alpha one which is big
and has a big antenna so the atheros 9271 is a very good chipset it supports packet
injection monitor mode aircrack ng suit and all the other tools that allow us to run
wireless attacks the only problem with this chipset is it only supports 2.
4 gigahertz gigahertz frequency it doesn't support the five gigahertz frequency which
bring me to the next chipset which is a chipset made by realtek and its model is eight
eight one two a u now this chipset only got its support by kali linux in kali linux
2017.1 this chipset supports monitor mode packet injection and 2.
4 and five gigahertz frequency so it's everything that the atheros chipset did plus it
supports the five gigahertz frequency now the only problem with this chipset is that
its support is only recent and it just doesn't seem as reliable as the atheros one some
of the attacks might need stronger signal some of the attacks will fail and you'll have
to do it again sometimes the card will just get disconnected and you have to connect

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it again and small things like that now this chipset again we have two options for it
you can get a budget wireless adapter
that's much cheaper than the alpha one and it just has the same chipset so it's gonna
perform very well or you can get the alpha one which again is a very good company
with a good reputation and it is stronger adapter so you will get stronger you'll get
further away networks because you'll have stronger signal with this adapter so the
alpha adapter that uses this chipset is alpha aws 036 ach so i'm going to include links
in the resources for all of these adapters so you can compare their specifications
and get the right one for you again the most important thing is the chipset is not the
brand the budget ones are much cheaper they're more compact so they're better you
can use them better in public but they're not as strong as the alpha ones the alpha
ones will give you better signal so they will be a little bit more reliable but again the
budget ones will work perfectly they'll support all the attacks the only difference is
it's just the build quality is a little bit less than the alpha ones so compatibility
wise the budget adapters will work just as good as the alpha ones because they
use the same chipset so we go back to the same idea is that the most important
thing is the chipset that's used inside the wireless adapter.