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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide
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Let's now set our wireless adapter to monitor mode.
Follow these instructions to get started:
Boot Kali with your adapter connected. Once you are within the console, enter iwconfig
to confirm that your card has been detected and the driver has been loaded properly:
Use the ifconfig wlan0 up
command to bring the card up (where wlan0
is your adapter). Verify whether the card is up by running ifconfig wlan0
. You should see the word UP
in the first line of the output as shown in the following screenshot:
To put our card into monitor mode, we will use the airmon-ng
utility that is available by default on Kali. First run the airmon-ng
command to verify whether it detects the available cards. You should see the wlan0
or wlan1
interface listed in the output:
Now enter the airmon-ng start wlan0
command to create a monitor mode interface corresponding to the wlan0
device. This new monitor mode interface will be named wlan0mon
. (You can verify if it has...
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