Chapter 2. Working with the Wireless Card
In this chapter, we are going to look at the following topics with respect to using BackTrack:
Checking card compatibility
Detecting the wireless card during the boot process
Detecting the wireless card using
iwconfig
Wireless card modes
Protocol analysis with the wireless card
Now that we have a configured and updated BackTrack, it is time to turn our attention to working with our wireless card. Unfortunately, with the Linux operating system, this is not as straightforward as we would hope. The work that will need to be done depends on a number of factors. Out of all of the factors, the most important one is that Linux goes by the chipset of the card.