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Overview
Aircrack-ng is the standard toolkit for wireless security auditing. It covers the full attack chain: interface management, passive capture, packet injection, and offline cracking.
Install
sudo apt install aircrack-ng
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|
airmon-ng | Enable/disable monitor mode |
airodump-ng | Passive 802.11 packet capture |
aireplay-ng | Packet injection and replay attacks |
aircrack-ng | Offline WEP/WPA key cracking |
airdecap-ng | Decrypt captured WEP/WPA traffic |
besside-ng | Automated WEP cracking |
airmon-ng
airmon-ng <start|stop|check> [interface] [channel]
| Flag | Description |
|---|
start <iface> | Enable monitor mode |
stop <iface> | Disable monitor mode |
check kill | Kill processes that interfere with monitor mode |
airodump-ng
airodump-ng [options] <interface>
| Flag | Description |
|---|
--band abg | Scan 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz |
--bssid <mac> | Filter by AP MAC address |
-c <channel> | Lock to channel |
-w <prefix> | Write capture to file |
--manufacturer | Show manufacturer info |
--wps | Show WPS info |
aireplay-ng
aireplay-ng [attack] [options] <interface>
| Attack | Flag | Description |
|---|
| Deauthentication | -0 <count> | Send deauth frames to disconnect clients |
| Fake Authentication | -1 <delay> | Associate with AP without valid PSK |
| ARP Replay | --arpreplay | Replay ARP requests to generate IVs (WEP) |
| Flag | Description |
|---|
-a <BSSID> | Target AP MAC |
-c <MAC> | Target client MAC |
-h <MAC> | Source MAC for injection |
-e <SSID> | Target network name |
aircrack-ng
aircrack-ng [options] <capture.cap>
| Flag | Description |
|---|
-a 1 | Force WEP cracking mode |
-a 2 | Force WPA cracking mode |
-w <wordlist> | Wordlist for WPA dictionary attack |
-b <BSSID> | Filter by AP MAC |
airdecap-ng
airdecap-ng [options] <capture.cap>
| Flag | Description |
|---|
-e <SSID> | Target network SSID |
-p <password> | WPA passphrase |
-w <key> | WEP key (hex) |
<filename>-dec.cap with decrypted frames.
besside-ng
besside-ng [options] <interface>
| Flag | Description |
|---|
-c <channel> | Lock to channel |
-b <BSSID> | Target AP MAC |
-v | Verbose output |