Wireless Methodology and Commands

This Page will provide you all the commands and tools for the wireless pentesting.

Enumeration Commands

iwconfig # command to see the interfaces.
sudo airmon-ng  # Command to see interfaces as well.

## Enable Monitor Mode
sudo airmon-ng check kill  ## this will kill any relevant processes which causes issues.
sudo airmon-ng start wlan0 ## this will start the monitor mode.

## Manual Approach if above fails
sudo ip link set wlan0 down
sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor
sudo ip link set wlan0 up

## Network Scanning
sudo airodump-ng wlan0mon ## this will start scanning for networks

WPS Commands

airodump-ng --wps wlan0mon ## Enumerate available Wi-Fi networks with WPS using airodump-ng.
wash -i wlan0mon ## Enumerate available Wi-Fi networks with WPS using wash.
wash -j -i wlan0mon ## Enumerate available Wi-Fi networks with WPS using wash with verbose output.