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--- marc:linux:hacking [2022/01/16 12:27] – marcv
+++ marc:linux:hacking [2022/01/16 12:40] (current) – [Capturing traffic:] marcv
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 **Mode:Managed** means the NIC only captures traffic meant for its address.
+There are 2 methods of changing the mode to **Monitor** (which captures all traffic) and dependant of the NIC/chipset one of these methods will probably work:
+==== Using iwconfig: ====
 <code>
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         ...
 </code>
 Now the NIC captures all traffic (**Mode:Monitor**)
+==== Using airmon-ng: ====
+<code>
+ifconfig wlan0 down                      # bring NIC down
+airmon-ng check kill                     # to stop any running processes using the NIC
+Killing these processes:
+  PID  Name
+  wpa_supplicant
+  dhclient
+airmon-ng start wlan0                   # bring wlan0 adapter in //monitor// mode
+PHY    Interface  Driver       Chipset
+phy3   wlan0      ath9k_htc    IMC Networks
+          (mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy3]wlan0 on [phy3]wlan0mon)
+          (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy3]wlan0)
+iwconfig
+eth0       no wireless extensions
+wlan0mon   IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.412 GHz Tx-Power=20 dBm
+           ...
+           ...
+</code>
+Now the NIC captures all traffic (**Mode:Monitor**)
+**Notice that using airmon-ng a new device (wlan0mon) is created and wlan0 no longer exists. Also we do not need to bring the interface up manually.