1AIRMON-NG(1)                General Commands Manual               AIRMON-NG(1)
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NAME

6       airmon-ng  -  bash  script designed to turn wireless cards into monitor
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SYNOPSIS

10       airmon-ng <start|stop> <interface> [channel] airmon-ng <check> [kill]
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DESCRIPTION

13       airmon-ng is script can be used to  enable  monitor  mode  on  wireless
14       interfaces. It may also be used to go back from monitor mode to managed
15       mode. Entering the airmon-ng command without parameters will  show  the
16       interfaces  status.   It can list/kill programs that can interfere with
17       the wireless card and set the right sources in  /etc/kismet/kismet.conf
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

21       start <interface> [channel]
22              Enable  monitor  mode  on  an interface (and specify a channel).
23              Note: Madwifi-ng is a special case, 'start' has to  be  used  on
24              wifi  interfaces and 'stop' on ath interfaces.  stop <interface>
25              Disable monitor mode and go back to  managed  mode  (except  for
26              madwifi-ng where it kills the ath VAP).
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28       check [kill]
29              List  all  possible programs that could interfere with the wire‐
30              less card. If 'kill' is specified, it will try to  kill  all  of
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AUTHOR

34       This  manual  page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for
35       the Debian system (but may be used by others).  Permission  is  granted
36       to  copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
37       GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by
38       the  Free  Software  Foundation On Debian systems, the complete text of
39       the GNU General Public  License  can  be  found  in  /usr/share/common-
40       licenses/GPL.
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SEE ALSO

43       airbase-ng(1)
44       aircrack-ng(1)
45       airdecap-ng(1)
46       airdecloak-ng(1)
47       airdriver-ng(1)
48       aireplay-ng(1)
49       airodump-ng(1)
50       airolib-ng(1)
51       airserv-ng(1)
52       airtun-ng(1)
53       buddy-ng(1)
54       easside-ng(1)
55       ivstools(1)
56       kstats(1)
57       makeivs-ng(1)
58       packetforge-ng(1)
59       tkiptun-ng(1)
60       wesside-ng(1)
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64Version 1.1                       April 2010                      AIRMON-NG(1)
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