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airmon-ng — Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More

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Problem

How to use the airmon-ng command: Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More information: <https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng>.

Solution

airmon-ng — Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More information: <https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng>.

List wireless devices and their statuses:

sudo airmon-ng

Turn on monitor mode for a specific device:

sudo airmon-ng start {{wlan0}}

Kill disturbing processes that use wireless devices:

sudo airmon-ng check kill

Turn off monitor mode for a specific network interface:

sudo airmon-ng stop {{wlan0mon}}

Code Snippets

List wireless devices and their statuses

sudo airmon-ng

Turn on monitor mode for a specific device

sudo airmon-ng start {{wlan0}}

Kill disturbing processes that use wireless devices

sudo airmon-ng check kill

Turn off monitor mode for a specific network interface

sudo airmon-ng stop {{wlan0mon}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/airmon-ng

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