1AIRMON-NG(8)                System Manager's Manual               AIRMON-NG(8)
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NAME

6       airmon-ng  - POSIX sh script designed to turn wireless cards into moni‐
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SYNOPSIS

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

13       airmon-ng This 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 also list/kill programs that can interfere
17       with the wireless card operation.
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

20       start <interface> [channel]
21              Enable monitor mode on an interface  (and  specify  a  channel).
22              Note:  Madwifi-ng  is  a special case, 'start' has to be used on
23              wifi interfaces and 'stop' on ath interfaces.
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25       start <interface> [frequency]
26              Enable monitor mode on an interface (and specify a frequency  in
27              MHz). Note: Madwifi-ng is a special case, 'start' has to be used
28              on wifi interfaces and 'stop' on ath interfaces.
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30       stop <interface>
31              Disable monitor mode and go back to  managed  mode  (except  for
32              madwifi-ng where it kills the ath VAP).
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34       check [kill]
35              List  all  possible programs that could interfere with the wire‐
36              less card. If 'kill' is specified, it will try to  kill  all  of
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39       --verbose
40              This flag must precede start/stop/check and can be combined with
41              other parameters or used alone.  This  flag  will  increase  the
42              verbosity to provide additional useful information which may not
43              be needed for normal operation.
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45       --debug
46              This flag must precede start/stop/check and can be combined with
47              other  parameters  or  used  alone.  This flag will increase the
48              verbosity to debug level to assist in troubleshooting errors  in
49              airmon-ng. Use this flag when opening a bug, but only use --ver‐
50              bose when requesting support in irc.
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52       --elite
53              WARNING: DO NOT USE: This flag must precede start  or  stop  and
54              will  prevent  airmon-ng from removing interfaces.  WARNING: Use
55              of this flag will immediately disqualify receiving  any  support
56              from the aircrack-ng team, due to the fact that this behavior is
57              known to be broken. WARNING!
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AUTHOR

61       This manual page was written by Adam Cecile  <gandalf@le-vert.net>  for
62       the  Debian  system  (but  may be used by others).  And modified to fit
63       airmon-ng by David Francos Cuartero <xayon@xayon.net>.   Most  recently
64       modified by Zero_Chaos to update for the airmon-zc rewrite.  Permission
65       is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this  document  under  the
66       terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version
67       published by the Free Software Foundation On Debian systems,  the  com‐
68       plete  text  of  the  GNU  General  Public  License  can  be  found  in
69       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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SEE ALSO

73       airbase-ng(8)
74       aireplay-ng(8)
75       airodump-ng(8)
76       airodump-ng-oui-update(8)
77       airserv-ng(8)
78       airtun-ng(8)
79       besside-ng(8)
80       easside-ng(8)
81       tkiptun-ng(8)
82       wesside-ng(8)
83       aircrack-ng(1)
84       airdecap-ng(1)
85       airdecloak-ng(1)
86       airolib-ng(1)
87       besside-ng-crawler(1)
88       buddy-ng(1)
89       ivstools(1)
90       kstats(1)
91       makeivs-ng(1)
92       packetforge-ng(1)
93       wpaclean(1)
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97Version 1.7.0                      May 2022                       AIRMON-NG(8)