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The document is a question posted on Ask Ubuntu about using aircrack-ng and airmon-ng to change a wireless interface to monitor mode in order to capture packets for cracking passwords. Several respondents provided answers explaining that the user needs to first put the wireless interface in monitor mode using airmon-ng before using airodump-ng, and that the interface name created may not always be mon0 so they need to check the output of airmon-ng to see what interface was created.

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The document is a question posted on Ask Ubuntu about using aircrack-ng and airmon-ng to change a wireless interface to monitor mode in order to capture packets for cracking passwords. Several respondents provided answers explaining that the user needs to first put the wireless interface in monitor mode using airmon-ng before using airodump-ng, and that the interface name created may not always be mon0 so they need to check the output of airmon-ng to see what interface was created.

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Aircrackng,usingairmonngtochangetomonitormode
I'vefollowedthistutorialoninstallingaircrackonUbuntu14.04:https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=xdvGZlUzfRs&src_vid=OF0UjeoTXoI&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_1882595149
Ihadtotweakafewthingstogetittodownloadsuccessfully,buthereiswhatI'mhavingissueswith(andwhatIcan'tfindasolutionfor):
Thiscommand:
sudoairodumpngmon0

ofwhichIgettheerror:
Interfacemon0:
ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX)failed:Nosuchdevice

Thecommandiwconfigshows:
eth0nowirelessextensions.
lonowirelessextensions.
wlan0IEEE802.11abgESSID:"nameofmynetwork"
Mode:ManagedFrequency:5.765GHzAccessPoint:05:B1:51:42:A1:5D
Retrylonglimit:7RTSthr:offFragmentthr:off
PowerManagement:on

Regardingmon0,whatisit?Itriedsomesolutions,suchaskillingprocessesandupdatingtothelatestaircrack,butIstillreceiveanerror.
Anyhelpisappreciated!
aircrackng

askedNov13'14at4:02

boop
8

It'sconceivablethatyouhaveawirelesscardthatsimplycan'tbeputinmonitormodeatleastwithitsLinuxdrivers.
Suchcardsaren'tallthatcommonbuttheycertainlyexist.Unfortunately,ifyouhaveone,theonlythingyoucando
aboutitistoreplaceit.DaraelNov20'15at12:51

5Answers

youdon'tneedtouseairmonngatall.youcansimply:
sudoifconfigwlan0down

thangoonwith
sudoiwconfigwlan0modemonitor

andfinally
sudoifconfigwlan0up

thatsbasicallywhatairmonngdoes.
answeredJul15'15at19:41

Gewure
101

Theproblemiswiththenameoftheinterface.Usethefollowingcommands:
Startyourwirelessinterfaceinmonitoringmode

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airmonng

Killalltheinterferingprocesses
airmonngcheckkill

Insteadof airodumpngmon0 ,typethis airodumpngwlan0mon


Pleaseletmeknowifthisworksforyou.
editedFeb7at10:06

Shagun
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answeredFeb7at8:36

Hari
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Youneedtoreadmoreabouthowtouse aircrackng .
Thecommandyouexecuted, sudoairodumpngmon0 ,tellsyourcomputertostartcapturing
packetsontheinterfacecalled mon0 ,butyoudon'thavethatinterfaceyet,that'swhyittellsyou
Nosuchdevice .
Thegeneralstepsinusing aircrackng is:
1. sudoairmonngstartwlan0
Thisputsyourwirelessinterfaceintomonitormode,whichisthemodewhereyoucan
captureallpackets,eveniftheyweren'tdirectedtoyourcomputer.Whatthecommand
actuallydoesisitcreatesanotherinterfacecalled mon0 ,whichyoucanseewhenyou
do iwconfig .Thisisthecommandthatyouprobablydidn'texecute.Ifyoudidrunitbut
youcan'tsee mon0 afterwards,letusknowwhatwasthecommand'soutput.
2. sudoairodumpng<options>mon0
Thisstartscapturingpackets.
3. sudoaireplayng<options>mon0
YouusethistoattempttoincreasethenumberofIVsbeingcapturedsoyoucaneasily
crackthepassword.
4. sudoaircrackng<options><file>
Thisistheapplicationthatthencracksthecaptureyoutooktoextractthepassword.
answeredNov13'14at4:22

AlaaAli
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Thanksforyourreply.Theoutputforsudoairmonngstartwlan0isthis:pastebin.com/FjPyvcpg boop Nov14'14


at6:16
Areyousurethatwasthecommandyoudid?Didyoudo sudoairmonngstartwlan0mon ?Pleasegiveusthe
completeoutputof sudoairmonngstartwlan0;iwconfig .AlaaAliNov15'14at21:35
Yeahprettysure,here'sthepastebinimageoftheoutputforthecommandyouaskedfor:pastebin.com/KNHrCXBV
boop Nov24'14at5:21

Fromwhati'veseen,inthelatestubuntuversion(15.10)thereisaproblemwhenenabling
monitormodeonmon0.
Todoitcleanandclear,usethiscommandtokillanyprocessthatcancauseproblems sudo
airmonngcheckkill ,thenusethiscommandtoenablemonitormodeonmon0 sudoairmonng
startwlan0 .
Nowyoucanusemon0withother*ngcommands.
answeredJan6at17:24

Sidahmed
31

Okay,firstofalllet'sstartwithkillingallprocesseswith sudoairmonngcheckkill ,then


enablingmonitormodewith sudoairmonngstartwlan0 ,nowtheanswertoyourquestionisin
theoutputofthiscommand.Noticethatitsaysinthebottom(experimentalwlmonitormodevif
enabledfor[phy0]wlan0on[phy0]prism0)formeitsaysprism0thisistheinterfacethatwas
createdformewhenIusedthe airmonngstartwlan0 commandwhichisingeneralcalledmon0
butit'snotalwaysthesamesoyouneedtocheckthenameoftheonethatwascreatedforyou
anduseitinthenextcommand.Forexampleinmycase,tostartcapturingpacketsIwilltype
airodumpngprism0 notmon0.Ihopethisanswersyourquestion.
answeredSep18at20:33

PazzoG
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