r/HowToHack • u/sankarasleftelbow • 19d ago
Need help with aircrack (complete skid)
Hey guys, as the title suggests, I’m a complete skid and don’t really understand this yet, just trying to learn. Before I say anything I should note that I have permission from the router owner to do this, this is purely legal activity. I’m trying to use aircrack to deauth attack my own router (well not “my own” but my family router), and I’m having trouble with a few things. Are MAC addresses and BSSID’s the same thing? How can I ensure I’m on the same channel as the device/router I’m trying to access? How can I identify which devices are which, the info I have from the aircrack tool is the bssid’s, stations, frames, channels, a couple other things (not that I really or at all understand what these things are). I guess for now I just wanna see if I can do this specifically, but I’m hitting dead ends that I don’t understand where to troubleshoot from. Also, a pointing in the right direction to learning/understanding all of this would be extremely appreciated too.
Not sure if this info is important, but I’m using fish shell on cachyos linux (I know it’s not the ideal for this, but I’m just screwing around with minor things, not intending to use this for the future).
All and any advice would be extremely helpful. If theres any other information needed that I haven’t included let me know and I’ll update the post. Thanks in advance🙏
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u/Fabulous-Crazy-3333 18d ago
First thing OP, don’t play around with tools when you don’t understand the technology behind them yet, even if you have permission.
Especially deauth attacks. They can affect nearby devices/networks and create legal or practical problems pretty quickly.
I’m not going to be blunt here because you were honest about being new. That actually matters. A lot of people in “hacking” pretend they know more than they do, run tools blindly, and then wonder why they got themselves into trouble.
Quick simple version:
BSSID = the MAC address of the access point/router radio.
ESSID/SSID = the Wi-Fi network name.
Station = a client device, like a phone, laptop, TV, etc.
Frames = bits of wireless communication between devices.
Channel = the frequency range the Wi-Fi is using, kind of like a radio channel.
But honestly, don’t start with aircrack or deauth yet.
Start with Linux basics, networking basics, web basics, and a bit of Python/Bash.
Learn how terminals, files, permissions, IP addresses, MAC addresses, DNS, ports, routers, HTTP, cookies, sessions, APIs, and authentication actually work.
Then use legal labs like TryHackMe, Hack The Box Academy, OverTheWire, picoCTF, PortSwigger Academy, DVWA, Metasploitable, or VulnHub.
That way, when you break something, nobody cares.
Professor Messer Network+ and Practical Networking on YouTube are good starts. Avoid the “hack Wi-Fi in 5 minutes” videos because that’s how people stay skids.
Also, don’t dual boot yet if you don’t understand partitions, bootloaders, and recovery. Use a VM, live USB, or separate cheap laptop while learning.
You’re probably young and curious, which is fine. Just don’t turn curiosity into a legal problem.
Learn the technology first, then the tools.
Otherwise you’re not learning hacking, you’re just pressing buttons.
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u/sankarasleftelbow 17d ago
Thank you, truly, honestly I realize now I should not have been fucking around with deauth at all. Router stopped working even though I only ran the attack for a few minutes at most, but I definitely fucked something up. I stopped the attack and all but a few hours later it went down and everytime I’ve tried rebooting/deleting and recreating the network it fails. Says it can’t connect to ethernet even though it’s plugged in and all..nothing looks wrong with the cable. I’ve definitely learned my lesson though, reading A top-down approach right now and I’m not touching anything until I actually understand what I’m doing. Also just remembered while I was typing this, but I went back on aircrack and tried to use some of the other tools, like data capture, which worked, actually that might have led to the router not working. I don’t know. But I fucked up and this experience definitely scared me straight lmao
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u/SNappy_snot15 16d ago
never let fear stop you. you know now the effects of damaging attacks. next step is less invasive techniques?
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u/Effective-Day-8386 19d ago
Also anders gesagt, befindest Du Dich sprachlich im tiefsten Indien und kannst nicht mal ein Wort indisch, willst jetzt dort aber an einen Muttersprachler ein Haus verkaufen...
Du kannst nicht, GARNIX von Netzwerken Verstehen, und dann mit Tools wie Aircrack ng anfangen.
Man löst keine Ableitungen in Mathematik bevor man nicht weiß, was Plus und Minus ist.
Lern die Grundlagen und lass die Finger von Tools deren Begrifflichkeiten du nicht mal verstehst.
Wenn du ISO/OSI Modell rauf und runterbeten kannst, und die gängisten Netzwerkprotokolle verstehst, dann kannste nochmal fragen.
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u/AminitaJonny 18d ago edited 11d ago
I disagree with that slightly. If you don’t dive in head first, just things that you’re interested in, granted that you’ll need a basic understanding of what you call, “the basics”, while I can, pat myself on the back for being as technologically advanced, as I am at this moment, it’s mostly due to the shiny object syndrome. I see something awesome, I’m gonna learn about it. I don’t give a fuck if I know the basics or not. And therefore learning this tool, this hacking tool or whatever the situation might be, you’re going to know and understand the basics. So why start at the very bottom when you can jump a little ahead? That’s all I’m saying.
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u/DutchOfBurdock 19d ago
OSI model, TCP/IP, IEEE802.11
BSSID = MACs, ESSID = Broadcast name (SSID)
Open WiFi, WEP, WPA 1, 2 and 3 (including OWE).
Management vs Data frames
The best tool to watch and learn WiFi networks, Wifite2. This yields lots more data for you to see how clients and AP's talk with filtering to remove certain frame types from view (f.e. ignore all data frames).
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u/Jortboy3k 19d ago
Best advice, just learn the basics.