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ah yes so deploy it as Desktop PC is the way to go here.
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yes, hopefully that BT4u2 can detect my USB wireless adapter.
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You should not have an issue with it picking up the USB adapter. &nbsp; Have fun! 
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Hi All,<br />
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I would like to know which one is possible or the most appropriate way of doing WLAN hacking and password cracking:<br />
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1. install BT4 R2 (<a href="http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/" rel="ugc">http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/</a>) on the spare desktop PC as stand alone<br />
2. install BT4R2 as VM on top of ESXi<br />
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but then I wonder if the ESXi VM can utilize the USB wireless LAN device as I'd like to perform WLAN scanning and security testing ?<br />
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Any idea and comment please ?
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Hi All,

I would like to know which one is possible or the most appropriate way of doing WLAN hacking and password cracking:

1. install BT4 R2 (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/) on the spare desktop PC as stand alone
2. install BT4R2 as VM on top of ESXi

but then I wonder if the ESXi VM can utilize the USB wireless LAN device as I'd like to perform WLAN scanning and security testing ?

Any idea and comment please ?

ah yes so deploy it as Desktop PC is the way to go here.

yes, hopefully that BT4u2 can detect my USB wireless adapter.

You should not have an issue with it picking up the USB adapter.   Have fun! 

Using backtrack as physical machine or VM for doing wireless network scanning and pen-testing with USB wireless card ?

Hi All,

I would like to know which one is possible or the most appropriate way of doing WLAN hacking and password cracking:

1. install BT4 R2 (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/) on the spare desktop PC as stand alone
2. install BT4R2 as VM on top of ESXi

but then I wonder if the ESXi VM can utilize the USB wireless LAN device as I&#39;d like to perform WLAN scanning and security testing ?

Any idea and comment please ?

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