NAME

       airmon-ng - bash script designed to turn wireless cards into monitor mode.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       start <interface> [channel]
              Enable monitor mode on an interface (and specify a channel). Note: Madwifi-ng is  a
              special  case,  'start'  has  to  be  used  on  wifi  interfaces  and 'stop' on ath
              interfaces.  stop <interface> Disable monitor mode and  go  back  to  managed  mode
              (except for madwifi-ng where it kills the ath VAP).

       check [kill]
              List  all  possible programs that could interfere with the wireless card. If 'kill'
              is specified, it will try to kill all of them.

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

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       airolib-ng(1)
       airserv-ng(8)
       airtun-ng(8)
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       easside-ng(8)
       ivstools(1)
       kstats(1)
       makeivs-ng(1)
       packetforge-ng(1)
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