Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing : Beginner's Guide

Time for action – experimenting with your adapter

Follow these instructions carefully:

1. Reboot your computer and do not connect your adapter to it yet.
2. Once logged in, monitor the kernel messages using the tail command:
   

   Insert the adapter, and you should see something that resembles the following screenshot. This shows the default regulatory settings applied to your card:

   
3. Let's assume that you are based in the US. To change your regulatory domain to the US, we issue the command iw reg set US in a new terminal:

   If the command is successful, we get an output ...