Updated on 10 Dec, 2005 on Windows XP
Aircrack-2.3 Windows (Wireless WEP crack)
Aircrack is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks:
airodump: 802.11 packet capture program
aireplay: 802.11 packet injection program
aircrack: static WEP and WPA-PSK key cracker
airdecap: decrypts WEP/WPA capture files
Wireless Card Installation
- Download Aircrack from
http://100h.org/wlan/aircrack/
- Read the documentation (README.html) and follow.
It has the most comprehensive explanation.
- I have a CISCO Aironet 350 and PrismGT card (Corega WLCB-54GT) but only
CISCO works fine on Windows. PrismGT does not work on Windows.
Aironet 350 works for 11b network.
How to capture (airodump)
- Search WLANs. 0 to hop between channels.
> airodump.exe
airodump 2.3 - (C) 2004,2005 Christophe Devine
usage: airodump
- From this screen, you select the channel
BSSID PWR Beacons # Data CH MB ENC ESSID
00:0D:0B:98:96:7F 48 2 0 11 54 WEP? 4B18E8C83ABD
00:A0:B0:40:5C:84 87 13 16 1 54 WEP HOGE
BSSID STATION PWR Packets ESSID
00:A0:B0:40:5C:84 00:04:23:52:80:41 86 4 HOGE
- Press Ctl+c. Next we will capture only channel 1 (ESSID HOGE),
and specify only caturing unique WEP IVs. It saves space.
BSSID PWR Beacons # Data CH MB ENC ESSID
00:A0:B0:40:5C:84 87 36 48 1 54 WEP HOGE
BSSID STATION PWR Packets ESSID
00:A0:B0:40:5C:84 00:04:23:52:80:41 87 38 HOGE
How to crack (aircrack)
- Open a new console, and type following command.
Aircrack can read the updated file automatically so you can run airodump and aircrack
at the same time.
# aircrack.exe -x -0 out.ivs
- For 104bit WEP needs about one million IVs. You may need one day or more time to
capture the packets. However if you use aireplay by airocrack on Linux and inject, you need only few hours.
- This is the result. It needed only a quarter a million. Aircrack can also
run on Windows but aireplay is not supported though.

Note: In my experience, using Aircrack is the best tool compare to others.
Aircrack on Linux supports packet injection which means we can
increase the traffic, so we need only few hours to capture
sufficient packets. Otherwise you will need several days.
Here is other my reports.
| Tool |
OS |
CPU usage |
Encryption |
802. |
NIC Support |
Packet injection |
My recommendation |
Airsnort (note) |
Windows |
High |
WEP |
11b? |
Few |
Not supported |
Low |
Airsnort (note) |
Linux |
High |
WEP |
11b? |
Few |
Not supported |
Low |
| Aircrack |
Windows |
Low |
WEP, WPA |
11a/b/g |
Many |
Not supported |
Mid |
Aircrack (note) |
Linux |
Low |
WEP, WPA |
11a/b/g |
Many |
Supported! |
Recommended! |
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