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Airodump Ng Command: Capture Specific Network
An engineer would use the airodump-ng command in a pentesting scenario to capture packets from a specific Wi-Fi network, identified by its BSSID, on a specified channel, while saving the data to a file for further analysis. Exact CLI syntax to capture specific network using Airodump Ng.
When to use this: An engineer would use the airodump-ng command in a pentesting scenario to capture packets from a specific Wi-Fi network, identified by its BSSID, on a specified channel, while saving the data to a file for further analysis.
Command Syntax
sudo airodump-ng --channel <channel> --write <path/to/file> --bssid <mac> <interface>sudo airodump-ng --channel <channel> --write <path/to/file> --bssid <mac> <interface>Command Breakdown
--channel- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--write- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--bssid- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
FAQ
Purpose: Exact syntax to capture specific network using Airodump Ng.
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