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Originally Posted by mfresh View Post
But you can use the suite. Try this after installing aircrack-ng
start Xterm, and become root.

Then enter:
airodump-ng wlan0

This will show you what networks are around, and the MAC addresses of the access points and computers which are connected, and what channels they are operating on. Make a note of the channel of the access point you want to test (ie your own one)
This doesn't work for me.
Originally Posted by mfresh View Post

Now quit airodump-ng by doing a control c , then restart it by typing

airodump-ng -c X -w mycapture --ivs wlan0

but change the X for the channel number of your access point. This will start capturing data which you will use to crack the WEP key, in a file called mycapture-01.ivs in your home directory

Now you have to wait for a while, till you have captured enough data to crack the WEP key. If the access point is busy then you might not have to wait too long.
This does work, I just put channel 11, my AP channel.
I left it on overnight, but woke up to it saying "SIGALRM". Which might mean the unit went to sleep (too!) and didn't wake.

Is there a way to tell it to not sleep?