NETWORK HACKING CHAPTER 4 :: PRE-CONNECTION ATTACKS;

PACKET SNIFFING BASICS USING AIRODUMP-NG

Airodump-ng is program part of aircrack-ng package,its a packet sniffer that allows as to capture all the packets that are in our wifi card range,we can also use it to scan all the available wifi network around you and gathering info about them

USING AIRODUMP-NG:

 Enable monitor mode using my last lectures ;

type:

>airodump-ng <ur wificard name in monitor mode>

:so that it will start scanning all the available networks;

HERE:::::

BSSID       :MAC address;

PWR          :distance between your wificard and Access point(AP);_

ESSID       :Network name usually assigned by its admin;

BEACONS:Signals that the AP sents;

#DATA      :The number of usefull data that we have sniffed;

#/S            :DATA transfered per second;

CHANNEL :IT describes the broadcast channel of the access point

ENC            :Describes the type of encryption that the AP has;