airmon-ng
Activate monitor mode on wireless network devices.
Part of aircrack-ng
.
More information: https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng.
- List wireless devices and their statuses:
sudo airmon-ng
- Turn on monitor mode for a specific device:
sudo airmon-ng start
wlan0
- Kill disturbing processes that use wireless devices:
sudo airmon-ng check kill
- Turn off monitor mode for a specific network interface:
sudo airmon-ng stop
wlan0mon