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faq [2013/12/06 22:47] – Why airodump-ng doesn't display anything on Android terminal? mister_xfaq [2017/05/27 21:50] – [What is the best wireless card to buy ?] fixed typo mister_x
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 ====== FAQ ====== ====== FAQ ======
 +===== What version of Aircrack-ng am I running ?  =====
 +
 +Run 'aircrack-ng | head'. Version information is in the first line of text (second if the empty line is taken into account).
 +
 ===== What is the best wireless card to buy ?  ===== ===== What is the best wireless card to buy ?  =====
  
-Which card to purchase is a hard question to answer.  Each person's criteria is somewhat different, such as one may require 802.11n capability, or may require it to work via virtualisation.  However, having said that, if money is not a constraint then the following cards are considered the best in class:+Which card to purchase is a hard question to answer.  Each person's criteria is somewhat different, such as one may require 802.11n capability, or may require it to work via virtualization.  However, having said that, if money is not a constraint then the following cards are considered the best in class:
  
   * Alfa AWUS036H [b/g USB]   * Alfa AWUS036H [b/g USB]
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   * Ubiquiti SRX [a/b/g ExpressCard]   * Ubiquiti SRX [a/b/g ExpressCard]
   * Airpcap series [USB]   * Airpcap series [USB]
 +  * TP-Link TL-WN722N [b/g/n USB]
 +  * Alfa AWUS051NH v2 [a/b/g/n USB]
 +  * MiniPCIe: anything that uses [[https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath9k|ath9k]], especially AR92xx and AR93xx (ability to do [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k/spectral_scan|spectral scan]])
  
-If money is a constraint then consider purchasing a card with a RTL8187L, RT73 or Atheros chipset, also read [[compatibility_drivers#which_is_the_best_card_to_buy|this]] first before purchasing .  There are many available on the market for fairly low prices.  You are simply trading off distance, sensitivity and performance for cost.+If money is a constraint then consider purchasing a card with a RTL8187L or Atheros chipset, also read [[compatibility_drivers#which_is_the_best_card_to_buy|this]] first before purchasing. There are many available on the market for fairly low prices.  You are simply trading off distance, sensitivity and performance for cost.
  
 If you want to know if your existing card is compatible then use this page: [[compatible_cards|Tutorial: Is My Wireless Card Compatible?]] If you want to know if your existing card is compatible then use this page: [[compatible_cards|Tutorial: Is My Wireless Card Compatible?]]
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 The [[links]] page also generic wireless information and tutorials. The [[links]] page also generic wireless information and tutorials.
 +
 +===== Any GPS recommendation ?  =====
 +
 +The following 2 devices have been tested and work fine:
 +
 +  * BU-353
 +  * NL-402U USB
 +
 +However, anything that is [[http://www.catb.org/gpsd/hardware.html|compatible with GPSd]] will work. 
  
 ===== "command not found" error message  ===== ===== "command not found" error message  =====
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     * ftp://ftp.openwall.com/pub/wordlists/     * ftp://ftp.openwall.com/pub/wordlists/
     * http://www.openwall.com/mirrors/     * http://www.openwall.com/mirrors/
-    http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/security/tools/net/Openwall/wordlists+  GitHub 
-  ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/+    * https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/tree/master/Passwords 
 +    https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-Wordlists 
 +    * https://github.com/search?q=wordlist
   * http://gdataonline.com/downloads/GDict/   * http://gdataonline.com/downloads/GDict/
-  * http://www.theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/ 
-  * http://theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/theargonlists/ 
   * ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/   * ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/
   * http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html   * http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html
-  * http://www.securinfos.info/wordlists_dictionnaires.php 
   * http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/passwords.htm   * http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/passwords.htm
   * http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/   * http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/
   * http://www.ai.uga.edu/ftplib/natural-language/moby/   * http://www.ai.uga.edu/ftplib/natural-language/moby/
-  * http://www.insidepro.com/eng/download.shtml 
-  * http://www.word-list.com/ 
   * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists1.htm   * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists1.htm
   * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists2.htm   * http://www.cotse.com/tools/wordlists2.htm
-  * http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/ +  * http://wordlist.aspell.net/ 
- +  * https://darkz0ne.net/wordlists
-==== Build your own ==== +
- +
-Here are a few resources to build your own lists.  There are many, many more available if you search the Internet. +
- +
-  *[[https://code.goto10.org/svn/unpacked/sh/etemenanki/etemenanki.sh|Etemenanki]] is a shell script that "builds word dictionaries based on remote and local (hyper)text repositories"+
-  *[[http://awlg.org/index.gen|Associative Word List Generator]] allows you to build custom lists based on a "root" word. +
-  *[[http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=4580.0|Password Generator]] is a program that generates all the variations of a string of characters based on the length of the string. +
-  *[[http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=4877.msg27435#msg27435|Password Generator]] is a program that goes through standard and arbitrary permutations of strings. +
-  * [[http://forums.remote-exploit.org/programming/26847-coding-bruteforce-dictionary-generator.html|BackTrack thread]] regarding bruteforce dictionary generators.+
  
 ===== How do I recover my WEP/WPA key in windows ? ===== ===== How do I recover my WEP/WPA key in windows ? =====
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 From the command line you may use the //mergecap// program to merge //.cap// files (part of the Wireshark/Ethereal package or the win32 distribution):  From the command line you may use the //mergecap// program to merge //.cap// files (part of the Wireshark/Ethereal package or the win32 distribution): 
  
-  mergecap -w out.cap test1.cap test2.cap test3.cap +  mergecap -F pcap test1.cap test2.cap test3.cap -w out.cap 
 + 
 +It will merge test1.captest2.cap and test3.cap into out.cap
  
-It will merge test1.cap, test2.cap and test3.cap into out.cap +  mergecap -F pcap *.cap -w out.cap 
 +  
 +It will merge all the .cap files contained in the current folder into out.cap
  
 You may use the [[tools#merge|ivstools]] program to merge //.ivs// files (part of aircrack-ng package) You may use the [[tools#merge|ivstools]] program to merge //.ivs// files (part of aircrack-ng package)
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