airmon-ng

Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices. Part of aircrack-ng. More information: <https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/airmon-ng.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install aircrack-ng
Ubuntu
apt-get install aircrack-ng
Alpine
apk add aircrack-ng
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S aircrack-ng
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install aircrack-ng
Fedora
dnf install aircrack-ng
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng
OS X
brew install aircrack-ng
Raspbian
apt-get install aircrack-ng
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/airmon-ng airmon-ng powered by Commando

Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices. Part of aircrack-ng. More information: <https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng>.

  • List wireless devices and their statuses:
    sudo airmon-ng
  • Turn on monitor mode for a specific device:
    sudo airmon-ng start wlan0
  • Kill disturbing processes that use wireless devices:
    sudo airmon-ng check kill
  • Turn off monitor mode for a specific network interface:
    sudo airmon-ng stop wlan0mon

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