How do you use airodump?
Airodump-ng is a command line tool used for analyzing wireless networks, primarily for capturing data packets of wireless networks. Here is how you can use Airodump-ng:
- Open the terminal or command prompt.
- detect wireless networks
- Choose the number of the wireless network card you want to listen to from the list, then enter the number and press Enter.
- Airodump-ng will begin scanning nearby wireless networks and display relevant information such as BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier), SSID (network name), channel, encryption type, etc.
- Capture network traffic from a specific BSSID on a designated channel using airodump-ng, and save the output to a file with a specified name. Also, specify the wireless interface to use.
- The BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier)
- communication channel
- Wireless network card name
- Press the Ctrl+C key to stop the scanning of Airodump-ng.
- The generated packet files can be further analyzed and studied using other tools, such as Wireshark.
Please note that using Airodump-ng for wireless network analysis may require administrator privileges. Make sure to run it as an administrator in the terminal or command prompt.