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====== Tutorial: Getting Started ====== | ====== Tutorial: Getting Started ====== |
Version: 1.00 November 11, 2007\\ | Version: 1.01 September 25, 2009\\ |
By: darkAudax | By: darkAudax |
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Many people ask "How do I get started?". This tutorial is intended to answer that question. | Many people ask "How do I get started?". This tutorial is intended to answer that question. |
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It is not intended to be a detailed "How To" tutorial, rather it is a road map to get you from where you are to the desired destination of using aircrack-ng. Once you get going, there is huge abundance of materials on the wiki describing the tools in great detail and tutorials for various tasks. | It is not intended to be a detailed "How To" tutorial, rather it is a road map to get you from where you are to the desired destination of using aircrack-ng. Once you get going, there is an abundance of materials on the wiki describing the tools in great detail and tutorials for various tasks. |
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This tutorial is focused on linux. Yes, I realize that linux is a problem for many people. Unfortunately Microsoft Windows simply does a poor job supporting the aircrack-ng suite. This is primarily due to the proprietary nature of the operating system and wireless card drivers. See [[aircrack-ng_suite-under-windows_for_dummies|Tutorial: Aircrack-ng Suite under Windows for Dummies]] for more details. Bottom line, don't use the aircrack-ng suite under Windows. There is little or no support for it. | This tutorial is focused on linux. Yes, I realize that linux is a problem for many people. Unfortunately Microsoft Windows simply does a poor job supporting the aircrack-ng suite. This is primarily due to the proprietary nature of the operating system and wireless card drivers. See [[aircrack-ng_suite-under-windows_for_dummies|Tutorial: Aircrack-ng Suite under Windows for Dummies]] for more details. Bottom line, don't use the aircrack-ng suite under Windows. There is little or no support for it. |
The first step of determining the wireless card chipset is covered in the "Determining the Wireless Card Chipset" section below. | The first step of determining the wireless card chipset is covered in the "Determining the Wireless Card Chipset" section below. |
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Next, you need to decide which of three options you will use to run the aircrack-ng suite. The three options are: | Next, you need to decide which method you will use to run the aircrack-ng suite. The three options are: |
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- Linux distribution of your choice plus the aircrack-ng suite | - Linux distribution of your choice plus the aircrack-ng suite |
==== Live CD ==== | ==== Live CD ==== |
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A live CD is a complete running linux distribution which you download and burn onto a CD. You then boot from this CD and are then able to run the aircrack-ng suite with your wireless card. Knowing the chipset of your wireless card (determined in the first step), select a live CD which contains the patched version of the driver for your particular card. This is a key requirement. Needless to say, the live CD must also contain a copy of the aircrack-ng suite. | A live CD is a complete running linux distribution which you download and burn onto a CD. You then boot from this CD. Once booted and logged in, you are then able to run the aircrack-ng suite with your wireless card. Knowing the chipset of your wireless card (determined in the first step), select a live CD which contains the patched version of the driver for your particular card. This is a key requirement. Needless to say, the live CD must also contain a copy of the aircrack-ng suite. |
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Here is a [[links#live_distributions|list of live CDs]] that are known to include the aircrack-ng suite. | Here is a [[links#live_distributions|list of live CDs]] that are known to include the aircrack-ng suite. |