NetHunter includes a great many of the same tools in a portable package. In certain penetration tests, the ability to move around a large campus identifying networks and capturing wireless traffic for later cracking is made much easier with a tablet or smartphone testing platform rather than a laptop.

To deploy NetHunter in such a fashion requires the use of an external antenna and a USB to Android adapter. Once connected, these hardware tools allow for the full use of NetHunter's wireless tools.