i know it is asking too much but i am sort of confused what to do after i installed aircrack-ng.the guides available assume an already "patched wireless driver" which i dont have a clue about.all i know is that the module iwlagn is driving my wireless successfully.i dont know how to figure out what my chipset is and what to do after that.the jargon is too alien.can anyone explain whats going on in a simple english.not good at understanding the patching and stuff.the sites i referred are



1)http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=newbie_guide
2)http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=simple_wep_crack
3)http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=compatible_cards



thanks in advance

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html

You may want to review the LQ rules at the link above; specifically the third to last one.

While your intent may be harmless, LQ members have no way of knowing what you plan to do with Aircrack, so it may be detrimental for LQ members to help you get that tool working.

Surely the documentation you have already listed can point you to someplace else where you can find the help you need.

Thanks,
Sasha

To obtain the chipset that you are using, use one of the following commands.

For PCI card
For USB card
Also aircrack can be a little difficult to master but the guide is pretty straight forward. If you just want to learn about protocols then may I suggest tcpdump, nmap, even telnet can be used to give you a deeper understanding.

However as the first poster has said, we can't be of much help due to the fact that people can say they have good intentions or just want to learn about protocols but in the end they do illegal things.