basics

BASICS

Get Wireless interface status

root@kali:~# iwconfig

Get status of driver

root@kali:~# dmesg | grep 2x00

Get a ton of information on your wireless NIC and it's driver

root@kali:~# iw list | less

Get a list of the wireless networks around you

root@kali:~# iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID SSID: chalupa_2GEXT SSID: TC8717T4C SSID: Hatfield Network SSID: SSID: chalupa SSID: ATTh9rTqXi

Get a list of channel numbers and their corresponding frequencies

root@kali:~# iwlist wlan0 frequency wlan0 14 channels in total; available frequencies : Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz snip....

Get a list of Networks around you and the channel that they are on

root@kali:~# iwlist wlan0 scanning | egrep "ESSID|Channel"

root@kali:~# iw dev wlan0 scan | egrep "DS Parameter set|SSID"

SSID: chalupa_2GEXT DS Parameter set: channel 6 SSID: Hatfield Network DS Parameter set: channel 1 SSID: TC8717T4C DS Parameter set: channel 1

Create a VAP (virtual access point that is in monitor mode)

root@kali:~# iw dev wlan0 interface add mon0 type monitor

root@kali:~# ifconfig mon0 up

*now type ifconfig, and you should see an interface called mon0

**now lets double check that you are actually IN MONITOR mode

root@kali:~# tcpdump -i mon0 -s 65000 -p tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on mon0, link-type IEEE802_11_RADIO (802.11 plus radiotap header), capture size 65000 bytes 12:44:32.988131 1.0 Mb/s 2437 MHz 11b -25dB signal antenna 1 Beacon (chalupa_2GEXT) [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY 12:44:32.990346 1.0 Mb/s 2437 MHz 11b -25dB signal antenna 1 Data IV:3aaaa Pad 0 KeyID 0 12:44:33.013759 1.0 Mb/s 2437 MHz 11b -47dB signal antenna 1 Beacon (chalupa) [1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 Mbit] ESS CH: 6, PRIVACY

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If you see the above output, IE beacon and privacy mode etc etc...then you are successfully in monitor mode.

*Now to delete the VAP if you want to

root@kali:~# iw dev mon0 interface del

Put your Network Card into monitor mode on a specific channel.

root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor channel 6

root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan0 up <--check if it's up and on monitor mode

now check TCP Dump to make sure you are actually in monitor mode

root@kali:~#tcpdump -i -wlan0 -s 65000 -p

Take your card out of monitor mode

root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed

See if you are using 802.11 Drivers

RANDOM stuff

root@kali:~# iwlist

If you get no results, then you are not using 802.11, if you see the following

root@kali:~# iwlist Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last] [interface] frequency [interface] channel [interface] bitrate [interface] rate [interface] encryption snip....

Then you are using 802.11

rmmod r8187 <---rmmod will remove a driver 8187 is the driver, with my alfa it would be rmmod 2x00

modprobe rtl8187 <----after running rmmod command above, modprobe will begin using the 802.11 driver