Purpose, equipment, characteristics and procedure for use. Special network adapter RALINK RT5370. Purpose, equipment, characteristics and procedure for using WiFi adapter chipset RALINK

Warraming (discovery and hacking points access Wi-Fi) Requires special equipment. But it is not necessary to root into professional devices. Among the serial released Wi-Fi adapters also come across suitable models. To turn them into hacker devices, some manipulations are sometimes required. I will tell you how to choose such a device where to buy it and what to do with it next.

External Wi-Fi Adapters for Warrading

Kali Linux and 5 GHz

With wobraving at a frequency of 5 GHz there are its difficulties. First, due to the high frequency, the signal fastest fades. If an 802.11g access point, which broadcasts in 2.4 GHz mode, can be caught at least a kilometer, then fivegigherths will be faded in a pair of tens of meters even when using the 802.11n standard. To such a goal will have to get closer.

Secondly, to monitor five-chart access points, a utility with such a function will be required. In Kali Linux 2.0 there is a Wifite R87 program that sees only AP with a frequency of 2.4 GHz.

This problem is solved by installing Wifite 2.0.

Git Clone https://github.com/derv82/wifite2.git.

CD Wifite2 /

and run a script with a new AP display command broadcasting at 5 GHz

./Wifite.py -5

If you logged out not at righteous, then the last command is required to add sudo.

Before scanning can be useful to install updated firmware with the following command (example for RALINK chips):

# APT-Get Update && APT-Get Install Firmware-Ralink

For other adapters (for example, ATHEROS), the team is similar, only the name of the vendor changes.

In each case - surprise!

Surely you have repeatedly pumped into a commander phrase: "The manufacturer can change the technical and consumer properties of the goods without notice." In practice, this means that by purchasing the same model of the Wi-Fi adapter from different parties, inside you can detect different chips. Well still, if both of them are in the list compatible with Linux. For example, in the first series of the TENDA W322UA adapter, the RT3072 chip was installed. Now they meet a newer RT5372L - the same as in TENDA W322U V3. There is a unification of production, but the problem is that no new designations on the device appear - nor the version or revision.

W322U looks interesting, however, the chip in it is reduced version, and there is little sense from a pair of small pin antennas. They slightly increase the data transfer rate (thanks to the use of the MIMO 2x2: 2 scheme) to the detriment of the signal power. Baby consumes only 660 MW and confidently catches AP only near. The signal from the routers located behind the wall will always be in the red zone.

It is better to take one antenna for warraving more powerful, but in this adapter they are non-removable. It pleases that the outlets of the antenna cable are made on the board separately. They are far from chip, so you do not overload it when you fall out another antenna.

Chinese watts and decibels

The power of the signal is the key to successful warraving, but this is also understood by the sellers. Delighted balances of conscience, they overestimate the characteristics of the goods at times and start on any deception. For example, in the reprints of last year's articles, it is still advised to buy a High Power Signalking 48DBI device from the Chinese. One of the colleagues decided to check and see that this wonderful adapter inside. The parcel went for almost two months and ... it would be better to be lost. The autopsy of the sample sent has shown that the omnidirectional antennas in this adapter - the dummy, and aimed much less in size than expecting, looking at the size of the housing. Of course, the gain coefficient panel antenna And close does not correspond to the stated. Speak, 48 dBi? There are not even eight. Other adapters OT. famous brands Show a close result - high-quality pin antennas are used in 5-6 dBi. Yes, and the connection with them is more stable than with the self-proclaimed "king of the signal."

Alas, this story is a rule, and not an exceptional case. It is necessary to watch skeptically on most of the goods. For example, from a USB port with a limit current of 500 mA and an operating voltage of 5V, it is not possible to power the load consuming more than 2.5 W. Are you offering a USB adapter with a power of 9 watts? Smile and look for another. With an antenna for 100500 dbi? Tie with air defense! Someone stole RLS from them!

Purchase at the local store does not eliminate the need to think and check. You will just wait less and easier you will return to the fake, but pay for the same much more. It is logical that order Chinese goods are cheaper in Chinese stores. In addition to Aliexpress, there is DealExtreme, FocalPrice, JD and many others.

Lifehak: Suitable adapters are searched in online stores by chip name, as well as on the mention of Kali Linux, Backtrack, Beini and Xiaopan. Filter search results is better not for the price, but by the rating of the seller and the number of reviews. The popular thing is always hundreds of them, and there are photos and test results.

"Mail of Russia" without a fight does not give up!

Our mail any claims to the state of the parcel loves to redirect to Dev / NULL or to customs (especially if the integrity of the package is violated). De jure customs can inspect international parcelsBut de facto it rarely enjoys such a right. They have so big stream that even in a quiet period at any customs manage to check the maximum every fifth shipment. If upon receipt you see traces of autopsy (for example, a package is stuck in scotch), then do not believe in the story of total checks. All packets opened at customs are stuck with a ribbon with the FCS logo, and the act is applied to the departure. Everything else is the frank theft of the delivery service staff.

IN lately "Russian Post" actively struggles with this shameful phenomenon. Therefore, if you found that the package was opened or its mass does not coincide with the notice specified, act according to the following algorithm.

1. Do not take the package and do not sign the notice.
2. Call by toll free phone hot line 8-800-2005-888 and clearly state the situation. Be sure to specify the post office number and the tracking number of the shipment.
3. Call the head of the post office or an employee who temporarily performing his duties. Yes, it is in such a sequence: a call, then the proceedings on the spot. Without a magical kick from above, it will last forever.
4. Require to issue a form to compile an act of opening international shipment.
5. Fill it at the table in the field of view of the video surveillance camera (now they are almost in each compartment). Open the parcel along with the branch of the department. In case of refusal to do this again, call the hotline on the phone and tell the name of the employee who refused you in the legal requirement.
6. If you immediately begin to rude and shout that it is impossible to do anything, causing a police outfit. It is theft, and to reveal it on hot wakes is usually not much labor. Why? Because of the small circle of suspected and detailed documentation.

At each point of reception and sending parcels, their mass is checked, and all data are recorded in the database. Therefore, the crime scene is obvious in the first minutes of the investigation. Usually it is the last link in the chain, that is, the very compartment, where you came to get your poker. Remember that came to your challenge to your challenge, it has much more authority (therefore, it was also called, hehe) and the methods of impact on mail employees than you. And he also has performance performance indicators. Perhaps he will even be happy that it was summoned to investigate the fresh and in detail documented criminal offense (Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - theft). The contents of the parcel interests it only in this aspect. Since you are in this situation - the applicant and the victim, then you should not wait for any counter-accusations. Almost all Chinese techniques can be classified as consumer electronics purchased abroad for the sake of savings. Of course, if it does not shoot and does not look like a frankly spyware device.

Wi-Fi Wireless Adapter The RALINK RT5370 model is a purely specialized device. The main scope of its use is both TVs with support for the Smart TV function. But you can also apply it as part personal computer. It is his capabilities and will be devoted to this material.

Assigning a wireless adapter. Equipment

The network card in the discrete version of the RALINK RT5370 is designed to create a wireless connection using Wi-Fi signal.

Most often it is installed in uSB port Satellite receivers. This allows you to play video from the YouTube.com portal and view various Internet resources. You can also activate the G-Share option and at the expense of this to decline some channels that were not available until this point.

Another possible case of application of the adapter under consideration is televisions with an active SMART TV function, but there is no built-in such transmitter or has failed. In this case, such a network card is an alternative to the Internet connection and allows you to reproduce various multimedia content.

Also, such an adapter can be connected to a PC. In this case, he will act as a wireless network card.

The delivery list of this network card consists of it itself, a CD and warranty coupon. The last period of the latter can be 3 months or six months. The CD except drivers also have an instruction manual.

Specifications

Specifications In this material under consideration wireless adapter WiFi Ralink RT5370 are as follows:

1. Connector connection - USB.
2. Support for 802.11 wireless networks B / G / N.
3. The maximum speed of the wireless connection is 150 Mbps.
4. The level of amplification of the external antenna signal is 20 dB.

Order setting. Wireless Connection Performance Check

The specialized adapter RALINK RT5370 considered under this review is configured in such cases. in the following way:

1. When installing on the TV or the modern satellite receiver, it is enough to connect it to the appropriate port. After that, you need to turn on the device and go to the settings in which we search available connections. We choose the one from which we plan to receive information. If necessary, enter the access code.
2. If the adapter is used as part of a PC, the algorithm differs only in the fact that after connecting to the connector you need to install the drivers. Everything else is identical.

Adapter price. Reviews

Currently, RALINK RT5370 can be purchased for 200-220 rubles. The defaults of this network card cannot be. But to her pluses owners in responses include reliability, ease of configuration, the possibility of receiving even weak Signal, low cost and completely compact sizes. The only important point that needs to be clarified before buying such an adapter is to support this solution As part of the device. And if this is a PC, then there will be no problem. But in the case of a television or receiver, the check is required.

Conclusion

On the one hand, really universal device is RALINK RT5370. But here the main problem is that the majority of TVs, computers and receiver such transmitters are already integrated. Therefore, it is advisable to purchase it only when the built-in such adapter is breakdown or its absence.

Hello everyone, I have long wanted to make a review on this adapter, here it is actually ready! More under the "Kat".

After purchasing your second satellite receiver (OpenBox S6PRO), the question immediately arose as best to bring the Internet to it. There were two ways: the first is through the cable patch cord and the second with using wi-fi "Whistle". Well, I think it will be the best to buy an adapter and connect the receiver without any wires to the Internet. I bought the first TP-LINK TL-WN727N shop, came home connected all this business, and it did not work. The receiver did not turn out to be suitable drivers and he could not see Wai Fi adapter, it is logical to believe and access points. It was three years ago, the adapter left dust on the shelf, and I was forced to connect the receiver through the cable, the benefit of the router was in the same room.
Time passed and at the end of 2016 the router moved to the next room, pull through the floor of the apartment the cable of course did not want to wireless connection The receiver to the Internet has become relevant again. Googling some information, I found out that with my receiver and my firmware (2.09.35) all the few models of whistles could work. These were mostly old revisions that are no longer possible in the store.
China came to the rescue, or rather Aliexpress from which I ordered two models of adapters on Ralink RT5370 chipsets. If you believe the information from some profile forums, my receiver should see them. In feedback on these models, people wrote that they all work, you can take!
Upon arrival, each was tested for compatibility, but unfortunately none of the two adapters at the RT5370 chip approached. Perhaps the reason in the old and ancient firmware of the receiver, the release date of which is already 2011. Why not update the question? And the fact is that all new after version 2.09.35 has the worst picture quality, but with the addition of various types of Internet buns and supporting new Wi-Fi modules. I am more important picture, so I stayed on the old firmware.
The next attempt was to buy wi-Fi adapterand on the RALINK RT3070 chipset. About him and will be discussed in this review.
Running forward to say that the whistle went to my receiving! He arrived in the usual transparent package, without any instruction. Disk with drivers also not included.


Specification:
- Manufacturer: Robotsky
-Model: XC1297
-Cipset: Ralink RT3070
-Interface: USB 2.0 / 1.0
-Type antenna: Built-in PCB
- Frequency: 2412 ~ 2483.5 MHz, ISM Band
- transmitter power: 802.11b: 17 ± 1.5dbm; 802.11 g: 14 ± 1.5dbm
-The sensitivity: 802.11b: -84 ± 1.5dbm @ 11 Mbps; 802.11 g: -69 ± 1.5dbm @ 54 Mb / s
-Screen: Windows CE / 2000 / XP / VISTA / 7/8/10; Linux 2.6.x; Mac OS X.
Diapano Voltage: DC 5.0 V + / _ 5%
-Working temperature: 0 -50 s
- storage respected: -20 - +70 with
- Connection: 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps; 802.11 g: 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps
802.11n: (20 MHz) MCS0-7, support up to 72 Mbps
(40 MHz) MCS0-7, support up to 150 Mbps
OFDM, peak speed 150 Mbps, peak 90mbps bandwidth.
-Look indication: yes

Black Body Corps with Soft Touch Coating. During the use, but it was almost three months it did not cut down.


The size of the device can be viewed in more detail in the photo below.


If you compare the dimensions, they are not the biggest, but not the smallest. The adapter from Comfast stands out against the rest of the rest with its miniature sizes.


The manufacturer did not forget about the light indicator, here it is represented as a blue LED, which, depending on the mode of operation, either simply shines continuously, or constantly flashes when receiving / transmitting data. In my opinion he is too bright and immediately begins to distract.


As I said above, the adapter was taken to work with OpenBox S6PRO, the first inclusion showed that everything "collapsed". To work in the satellite receiver, it was not necessary to install the driver, they simply and not install them. You need to connect the whistle in the received receiver, otherwise it will not see it. After that, we turn it on, in the "Network" section, we will appear in addition to the standard Ethernet also Wi-Fi connection. To check the range of operation of the built-in antenna, I connected to the router that was on the bottom floor of the daisy, at a distance of about 7-9 meters. The connection was successfully established, during the test time, no breaks, or disconnect was found. In addition to OpenBox S6PRO, I also checked compatibility with OpenBox S4 and Skyway Nano 3, on these receivers, the whistle worked as without problems.




Work on the PC tried on two systems with Win 10 and Win 7. Yes, of course Wi Fi adapter from 2.4GHz is already morally outdated device. If it is only needed for working in a bundle with a PC better to take with the support of two ranges 2.4 and 5GHz. For Win 10 drivers, you did not have to download separately, they were found and installed automatically (if there is internet), they need to be installed on Win 7 manually. The actual version of the drivers at the time of writing 5.1.22.0., But it seems to me more stable this version.

The adapter has a built-in antenna, so it is not worth demanding something from it.
I spent several simple tests for the signal quality and speed under different conditions:
I have a tariff at me 20MB \\ C
- In one room with a router at a distance from it in 3 meters, I got the following numbers:

The same speed test, but at a distance of 8 meters and through one brick wall -


At a distance of 15 meters and through three doors (with glasses), the speed and the power of the signal fell a bit. But the result is still not bad, I think the reason in my router with a good signal coating (Xiaomi Nano).


Consumes adapter a little more than from Comfast on RT5370. When connected to a PC / receiver, consumption is 0.09a. After connecting to any wi-fi network, it increases to 0.10a, and in active mode, in the reception mode and data transmission mode - up to 0.12a.

A wi-fi whistle disassembled easily, the case is made of two halves of kept on the latches.


Inside, everything in principle is done carefully, the soldering is not manual, there is a small amount of incredited flux. The card presents the CWF - 3E VER 1.3 marking and the release date is November 2016. Everything seemed to be done normally, but the absence of a screen is striking, which in such devices usually serves to protect against filing and interference. Although the place for this very screen is present on the board, the Chinese decided to save a little.


Chip is really RALINK RT3070L. The model is not the first freshness, but the adapter was taken on this chipset specifically for working with the satellite receiver.


In conclusion I would like to note that the purchase as a whole is pleased, the Wi-Fi adapter on the RT3070 turned out to be compatible with my receiver and now performs the task for which he originally and bought. The built-in antenna is enough for without breaks to create a connection at sufficient distance from the router.

That's all, thanks for your attention.