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Old 04-14-2008   #4 (permalink)
renderman
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Originally Posted by theprez98 View Post
Actually, the Alfa only requires both USB ports if you're using USB 1.0/1.1. It will work fine with just one port using USB 2.0.
Ah, I forgot they upped the current on 2.0. Still, it's going to suck alot of juice.

Keep in mind (I presume your running Kismet) that in monitor mode, the wattage of the radio does'nt matter, just the sensitvity. Might want to find something lower power that you can jam a bigger antenna on (or mod) and go that way.
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