Scapy

Scapy

Scapy is a Python library for parsing out wireless information. Imagine an API for your hardware, aircrack, nmap, tcpdump, traceroute, and various other networking utilities, all rolled into one Python library. That's Scapy.

References

Great intro to scapy's many functions: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/demo.html

Small battery router, same setup: http://minipwner.com/index.php/forum/6-minipnwer-use/1787-my-experience-with-aircrack