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| ====== Tutorial: Aircrack-ng Suite under Windows for Dummies ====== | ====== Tutorial: Aircrack-ng Suite under Windows for Dummies ====== |
| Version: 1.00 April 15, 2007\\ | Version: 1.01 April 16, 2007\\ |
| By: darkAudax | By: darkAudax |
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| Here is a quick recap of the limitations: | Here is a quick recap of the limitations: |
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| * Very few supported wireless cards: There are very few wireless cards which will work with the aircrack-ng suite. Most laptops come with Intel-based cards and none of these are supported. See the following links: [[compatibility_drivers|Compatibility, Drivers, Which Card to Purchase]] and [[compatible_cards|Tutorial: Is My Wireless Card Compatibile?]] for more information. | * Very few supported wireless cards: There are very few wireless cards which will work with the aircrack-ng suite. Most laptops come with Intel-based cards and none of these are supported. See the following links: [[compatibility_drivers|Compatibility, Drivers, Which Card to Purchase]] and [[compatible_cards|Tutorial: Is My Wireless Card Compatibile?]] for more information. It is also important to note that there is little or no documentation accurately describing which version of the third party drivers you require for each card. |
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| | * Dependency on third parties: The Windows world is highly proprietary and thus the source code for the drivers is not available publicly. As a result, no troubleshooting or fixes are available from the aircrack-ng team for these third party drivers. If there is a problem, you are on your own. |
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| | * Limited operating system support: The Windows version works best with WinXP. It does not support Win98, some people have reported success with Win2000 but many have been unsuccessful with it and Vista is not supported. There is some evidence that a few people have aircrack-ng working under Vista but most people report failures. So basically, your best chance of success is under WinXP. |
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| * Passive capture of packets: Most people want to test the WEP security on their own access point. In order to do this, you must capture in the order of 250,000 to 2,000,000 WEP data packets. This is a lot of packets. With Windows, you can only capture packets passively. Meaning, you just sit back and wait for the packets to arrive. There is no way to speed things up like in the linux version. In the end, it could take you days, weeks, months or forever to capture sufficient packets to crack a WEP key. | * Passive capture of packets: Most people want to test the WEP security on their own access point. In order to do this, you must capture in the order of 250,000 to 2,000,000 WEP data packets. This is a lot of packets. With Windows, you can only capture packets passively. Meaning, you just sit back and wait for the packets to arrive. There is no way to speed things up like in the linux version. In the end, it could take you days, weeks, months or forever to capture sufficient packets to crack a WEP key. |
| ===== Installation and Usage ===== | ===== Installation and Usage ===== |
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| OK, you have come this far and still want to proceed? Just remember that there is an expectation that you have done your homework and have some base knowledge. Again, do not post questions on the forum or IRC that is dealt with in this tutorial or on the [[http://aircrack-ng.org|Wiki]]. | OK, you have come this far and still want to proceed? Just remember that there is an expectation that you have done your homework and have some base knowledge. Again, do not post questions on the forum or IRC that are dealt with in this tutorial or on the [[http://aircrack-ng.org|Wiki]]. |
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| Here are the basic steps to install and use the aircrack-ng suite under Windows: | Here are the basic steps to install and use the aircrack-ng suite under Windows: |
