Alfa AWUS036ACHM 802.11ac WiFi Range Boost USB Adapter

I ordered this because it works with Kali Linux and is capable of going into passive listening mode and so much more. It's a great choice on a budget for some security "testing". It performs magnificently when paired with a Yagi antena!

Exeptional card. Monitor mode and packet injection supported out of the box. Tested on Kali and Arch with black arch apps and repos configured. Probably I will get another one. If you are looking to "practice" and lear about wireless auditing put your money on this card and forget anything else from Alfa network.

The shipping was incredibly fast, and the item was exactly as advertised. I love it and would 100% purchase from this seller again.

For people who do not use Linux (correctly GNU/Linux) I can say that this is Alfa's best so far. The rest of this is tech talk you don't care to know. I asked what the chipset and got non sequitur answers from a couple GNU/Linux users that it works real good. Okay, I use Debian myself but that is not what I asked. When I got the adapter I plugged it in and at the commmand line entered: lsusb Part of the answer to that command was "Bus 005 Device 023: ID 0e8d:7610 MediaTek Inc. WiFi". So the chipset is MediaTek. If you have usbutils installed you can do that from the command line as well. I've had the RealTek and Atheros adapters from Alfa, Inc. RealTek was strong and Atheros was more flexible but weaker. MediaTek is better than either of those. BTW, when I got the RealTek model (Alfa's AWUS036NH) I went thru the pain of installing from that CD where the relevant file was buried deep inside a Russian doll of folders. But when I got the Atheros model (Alfa's AWUS036NHA) I installed it "plug'n'play". You see I use the Synaptic Package Manager of Debian and it has a search feature. The CDs were never necessary. The RealTek driver is in the repository as "firmware-realtek" and Atheros drivers are stored "firmware-ath9k-htc" and "firmware-atheros" and "firmware-linux-free" and "firmware-zd1211". MediaTek drivers are stored in "firmware-misc-nonfree" which I already had loaded.

Moving into a trailer, this wireless adapter easily pulls Wi-Fi from the house. A hotspot network is then created for my 3d printer. It also picks-up all the neighbor's Wi-Fi for several blocks. Pretty amazing low-cost gadget. Forget an Internet Extender, just plug-in one of these. Highly Recommend.

Good for wifi pentest

March 2025 product worked. I was able to plug it in directly into a windows machine running virtual box. It connected to a kali VM. No drivers or anything else to install.

This adapter works straight out of the box on Kali Linux 2024.4. Monitor mode works great and very good range, I was testing BSSID's around 80m away.

Muy bien

Bought to use with Kali Linux (tested with 2022.04) which I run virtually in Virtual Box and it has worked without problems and did not need to install any drivers. Monitor mode is supported and works as well.

Alfa all the way - very happy

Selamlar , kali lunix sisteminde kullanacak arkadaşlar bakıyorsa güvenle alabilirler monitör mod çalışıyor.

Ich nutze den ALFA AWUS036ACHM schon seit einigen Wochen und bin wirklich begeistert! Die Signalstärke und Stabilität sind hervorragend – selbst durch mehrere Wände bekomme ich noch eine saubere Verbindung. Für normale Nutzung (Streaming, Arbeiten, Surfen) ist er top, aber auch für Security-Labs und Kali Linux perfekt geeignet. Besonders gut: • Wird unter Linux, Windows und macOS problemlos erkannt. • Unterstützt Monitor-Mode & Packet-Injection – ideal für Pentesting und WLAN-Analysen. • Sehr hochwertige Verarbeitung, kein Billig-Plastik. • Lange USB-Kabel und stabile Antennen, die sich gut ausrichten lassen. Ich nutze ihn hauptsächlich mit Kali Linux im Testlabor – läuft stabil und zuverlässig. Fazit: Absolute Kaufempfehlung für alle, die einen leistungsstarken WLAN-Adapter für Alltag oder Hacking-Projekte suchen.