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#Wep key cracker windows driver#

Does my network adapter driver work correctly?

You can find the name of your network adapter by executing the iwconfig command. The Intel adapter is referenced as wlan0 ( wifi0), and the TP-LINK adapter is referenced as rausb0. We have tested WEP cracking with two network adapters: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG with the ipwraw-ng-2.3.4 driver and alternatively TP-LINK TL-WN321G network adapter dongle with the rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.1. The reason is that WEP cracking relies on ARP packets and if there are no active clients then there will never be any ARP request packets.Įnsure that all of the above assumptions are true, otherwise the examples that follow will not work. There is at least one wireless client connected to the network and active.The wireless card strength is typically less than the access point strength, so you have to be physically close enough for your transmitted packets to reach and be received by the access point. Remember that just because you can receive packets from the wireless access point does not mean you will be able to transmit packets to the access point. You are physically close enough to the access point to send and receive packets.(Of course, you can use some other adapter as well, Intel and TP-LINK is what we used.) Software and hardware: Ubuntu, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG with the ipwraw-ng-2.3.4 driver (or alternatively TP-LINK TL-WN321G network adapter with the rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.1.Other tutorials on the web are based on different assumptions. Note, the assumptions listed below are specific to this tutorial. Here is a list of assumptions that you need to meet in order to be able to discover a WEP key from network traffic. What do I need to discover a wireless network WEP key? Now we can proceed to demonstrating how to crack WEP encryption.

#Wep key cracker windows how to#

How to crack WEP with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Before you proceed to WEP cracking, read our first page of this 'tutorial' which can provide an idea about setting your computer and also about the legality of WEP cracking. Setting up your equipment so that it does what it needs to do can take weeks (depends on what you have and what you already know).

Cracking WEP itself is relatively easy and can take anywhere from as little as a few minutes to a few hours (depends on the amount of network traffic, connection quality, etc.).