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Old 07-20-2020, 05:30 PM   #1
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Question Aircrack-ng - airodump-ng cannot find AP

Hello,
I installed "aircrack-ng-1.6" from source code on Kubuntu 19.10.
i'm not sure if i compiled everything correctly.
I have read the "README" file and this only says to run "./configure". That didn't work, I had to run "./autogen.sh" first and then "./configure" and "make && make install"
The "README" file is unusable and I can't find any instructions on how to properly install the source code.
But maybe I did everything right and it is simple that the network interface controller is not supported. I also tried a new firmware for the NIC "firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1.c3-00075".
Airodump-ng is not showing any "Wi-Fi Access Points" on any channel, it shows just a empty table, is scanning but cant find nothing.


Network interface controller:
Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
Last edited by Teso; 07-20-2020 at 05:59 PM.
 
Old 07-21-2020, 10:09 AM   #2
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So, not clear why you installed via source - it appears aircrack-ng is in the Ubuntu repos. A simple
Code:
apt install aircrack-ng
should have worked. Did it not?
 
Old 07-22-2020, 08:41 AM   #3
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Yes i tried
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apt install aircrack-ng
doesn't work at all.
APT often has old package versions because they are adapted to Ubuntu. That's why I installed the latest version from source code.
 
Old 07-22-2020, 08:47 AM   #4
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Apt has no package versions at all, it's just the tool used by Debian and thus Ubuntu as a package manager tool. The repository is what has the software. It may be that the version of Ubuntu doesn't have the version of Aircrack you need. I just looked up aircrack-ng in the Ubuntu repos and it is indeed there so not sure what you mean by "doesn't work at all".

You are certainly free to install by source but no dependency handling is done and then you have installed something outside the scope of the package manager so it cannot track the package nor its dependencies.
 
Old 07-23-2020, 05:36 AM   #5
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I will search for an aircrack-ng repository but i prefer the source code
Of course i installed the necessary dependencies:
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libssl-dev ethtool shtool rfkill zlib1g-dev libpcap-dev libsqlite3-dev libpcre3-dev libhwloc-dev libcmocka-dev hostapd wpasupplicant tcpdump screen iw usbutils
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Code:
user@linux:~$ torsocks apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libssl-dev ethtool shtool rfkill zlib1g-dev libpcap-dev libsqlite3-dev libpcre3-dev libhwloc-dev libcmocka-dev hostapd wpasupplicant tcpdump screen iw usbutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
autoconf is already the newest version (2.69-11ubuntu1).
automake is already the newest version (1:1.16.1-4ubuntu3).
build-essential is already the newest version (12.8ubuntu1).
ethtool is already the newest version (1:4.19-1).
iw is already the newest version (5.3-1).
libnl-3-dev is already the newest version (3.4.0-1).
libnl-genl-3-dev is already the newest version (3.4.0-1).
libpcap-dev is already the newest version (1.9.1-2).
libpcre3-dev is already the newest version (2:8.39-12).
libtool is already the newest version (2.4.6-11).
pkg-config is already the newest version (0.29.1-0ubuntu3).
screen is already the newest version (4.6.2-3build1).
shtool is already the newest version (2.0.8-9).
tcpdump is already the newest version (4.9.3-2).
usbutils is already the newest version (1:012-1).
wpasupplicant is already the newest version (2:2.9-1ubuntu2).
zlib1g-dev is already the newest version (1:1.2.11.dfsg-1ubuntu3).
hostapd is already the newest version (2:2.9-1ubuntu2).
libcmocka-dev is already the newest version (1.1.5-2).
libhwloc-dev is already the newest version (1.11.13-1).
libsqlite3-dev is already the newest version (3.29.0-2ubuntu0.3).
libssl-dev is already the newest version (1.1.1c-1ubuntu4.1).
rfkill is already the newest version (2.34-0.1ubuntu2.4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
 
Old 07-23-2020, 06:59 AM   #6
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You don't need to search for an aircrack repo, it's in the Ubuntu repos.
 
Old 07-25-2020, 10:10 PM   #7
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This may not be it but I have to ask anyway: Did you make sure to start Airmon-NG correctly before Airodump?
 
Old 07-26-2020, 05:45 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by RickDeckard View Post
Did you make sure to start Airmon-NG correctly before Airodump?
I am currently doing a download and cannot check this now, but something like this:
Code:
ifconfig -a
ifconfig NIC down
rfkill unblock all
airmon-ng start NIC
kill PID
airodump-ng -c 0-99 NIC0mon
Last edited by Teso; 07-26-2020 at 11:32 AM.
 
Old 07-26-2020, 06:13 AM   #9
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So:

- the old version does not work
- the new version does not work

Maybe your problem has nothing to do with the version?
 
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Old 07-26-2020, 10:46 AM   #10
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But maybe I did everything right and it is simple that the network interface controller is not supported.
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Originally Posted by Teso View Post
I also tried a new firmware for the NIC "firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1.c3-00075".
Could it be the driver?
Maybe it works with an older firmware?
By the way,
I don't know if the new firmware is loaded.

lshw
Code:
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                logical name: wlp4s0
                version: 32
                serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath10k_pci driverversion=5.3.0-62-generic firmware=WLAN.RM.4.4.1.c3-00075 ip=192.168.178.123 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
Ohh... it is.
 
Old 07-26-2020, 11:26 AM   #11
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Some screenshots
Click image for larger version Name: airmon-ng-Screenshot.png Views: 15 Size: 47.3 KB ID: 33729
Click image for larger version Name: airodump-ng-Screenshot.png Views: 15 Size: 34.8 KB ID: 33730

Should I buy a new NIC?
But which NIC works with Aircrack.ng?
Are Intel NICs supported?
I need a NIC in M.2 format and with Bluethoot (notebook, laptop).

Click image for larger version Name: 51uNEppsKCL._AC_.jpg Views: 16 Size: 40.1 KB ID: 33731
 
  


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