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AIRMON-NG(1)							  AIRMON-NG(1)

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 wire‐
	      less 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
       airbase-ng(1)
       aircrack-ng(1)
       airdecap-ng(1)
       airdecloak-ng(1)
       airdriver-ng(1)
       aireplay-ng(1)
       airodump-ng(1)
       airolib-ng(1)
       airserv-ng(1)
       airtun-ng(1)
       buddy-ng(1)
       easside-ng(1)
       ivstools(1)
       kstats(1)
       makeivs-ng(1)
       packetforge-ng(1)
       tkiptun-ng(1)
       wesside-ng(1)

Version 1.1			  April 2010			  AIRMON-NG(1)

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