Getting Prepared - Hardware

To use Kali, you will need the following hardware:

* If your site is directly connected to the Internet (NOT connected
through a modem!), you'll need a network interface card (NIC) for
your machine. And not just any old NIC, mind you - your NIC must be
supported by a packet driver if you wish to use it to play Internet
games. Usually this means that your NIC must be an ethernet card,
although Kali has been successfully played over token ring. We
will assume that your PC is already equipped with a suitable NIC,
although it may currently be in use for some other non-TCP/IP
function (such as a node on a Novell network). As long as your NIC
is supported by a standard packet driver, your machine can be
readily converted into a Kali "playstation."