As Aircrack-ng has been created primarily for Linux you can install and use it with any version of Linux. If you are using kali Linux then you don’t need to install it as it comes as a pre-installed with it. Also, you can install and use it with Windows. Also Read: How to install Kali Linux on Virtual box.
The first step in getting aircrack-ng working properly on your Linux system is patching and installing the proper driver for your wireless card. Many cards work with multiple drivers, some of which provide the necessary features for using aircrack-ng, and some of which do not.
Device doctor free. Needless to say, you need a wireless card which is compatible with the aircrack-ng suite. This is hardware which is fully compatible and can inject packets. A compatible wireless card can be used to crack a wireless access point in under an hour.
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- Now the final step is to crack the password using the captured handshake. If you have access to a GPU, we highly recommend using hashcat for password cracking. Method 1 – GPUHASH.me. You can also use a website Gpuhash.me through which you simply need to upload your.cap file by clicking on Add new task. In 2nd step, click on Next.
- Piping crunch with aircrack can save you time using word-lists. Now its time to open the CAP file to crack the password. If your wondering what a CAP file is CAP stands for Packet Capture. CAP files hold raw data collected by the sniffing programs.
- Hola amigos Aim: To crack a WPA2-psk encrypted WiFi password using Aircrack-ng. Requirements: If you’re using a Kali Linux in VMware or other virtual machines, then you need to get a compatible USB WiFi receiver (I’m using an Atheros AR9271 wireless network adapter), because WiFi connections don’t show up in virtual machines.
- For that, you should use airmon-ng check kill. Step-3:-In this step, you need to enable the monitor mode on the wireless card. The command is as follows: airmon-ng start wlan0(interface of wireless card). Now this command will enable the monitor mode on the wifi card. So while using interface in any terminal or command line use wlan0mon.
To determine to which category your card belongs to, see hardware compatibility page. Read Tutorial: Is My Wireless Card Compatible? if you don't know where to look in this table. It still does not hurt to read this tutorial to build your knowledge and confirm your card attributes.
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First, you need to know which chipset is used in your wireless card and which driver you need for it. You will have determined this using the information in the previous paragraph. The drivers section will tell you which drivers you need.