Kris, download Backtrack. Its a bootable linux OS with EVERY tool you could ever need for "testing" networks, and then some. Or if you pm me the address out there, I can send you a bootable cdrom that I burned awhile back for the exact same reason
I was playing with Backtrack yesterday. The problem is that with WPA, once you do identify a network and manage to capture the handshake, you still have to essentially brute force the key. The hope is that the key was put in by someone who doesn't know about security, and used a short simple password that can be cracked in a reasonable amount of time. My password for example is a 34 letter phrase with capitalization, spaces, and punctuation. A reasonably fast machine running 24/7 would probably take something like 60 years to crack the phrase.
Here's a quick How-to that includes some links including to a calculator that will figure out how long it takes to brute-force passwords/phrases of various lengths and make-ups.
Agreed with both guys above. Aircrack/Backtrack work great for WEP but WPA is tough. I also use an external usb, high gain NIC card that can inject packets for a more accurate/quicker crack.
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87antuzzi Member
Posts: 11151 From: Surrounded by corn. Registered: Feb 2009
downloaded it and holly crap this is nice... i called my neighbor and asked him if i could try and "hack" his network and he said sure good luck lol. he was running a WEP network @ 128bit encryption. took about 2- 1/2 minutes to crack it without any clients on his network. called him back up 5 minutes later and told him come over and see this.. pretty sad 90% of all the networks out there run a wep encryption it shouldn't even be allowed as a standard anymore.
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phonedawgz Member
Posts: 17104 From: Green Bay, WI USA Registered: Dec 2009
be carefull, if your not testing 'your' network... they may log your mac address. I once had a program that could 'adjust' the mac, it was usefull for activites of this kind.
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hookdonspeed Member
Posts: 7980 From: baltimore, md Registered: May 2008
be carefull, if your not testing 'your' network... they may log your mac address. I once had a program that could 'adjust' the mac, it was usefull for activites of this kind.
free is better,Google wirless hot spots or try a better antenna to search for a free network in your area (no password).You would have to have some sort of USB WIFI unit,so you could attach a bigger antenna. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from...t=See-All-Categories
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