Wifi Hacking UK

[limdis]

a lot of users like to run backtrack through vmware. That's fine for everything else but doing so you lose your wireless capabilities

You can't run it through vmware if you want to work with the with wireless card. I can't remember off the top of my head the specific reason, but I know its by design to prevent it. It has nothing to do with backtrack its vmware itself. You are going to have to make a live cd or boot off a thumb drive. Go check to the website and read into it. They have a forum and there are tons of videos on youtube to assist in getting yourself set up.

[Anti-Gov]

thanks bro youve been alot of help

[limdis]

In the big scheme of things, getting this set up and learning the basics behind wireless cracking is very simple compared to a lot of other things. You have to read and understand a lot. Otherwise, you'll just start punching away doing something you don't want to do, failing, or getting caught (both). Don't get discouraged and don't give up. If what you are trying to do doesn't work immediately, learn why.

[Anti-Gov]

hey i was looking into it and found a way to use backtrack with vb

[ConchX]

If you want to do things seriously, I recommend getting a high range antenna/adapter.
Here is a nice adapter~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alfa-AWUS036H-Upgraded-Wireless-Long-Rang/dp/B000WXSO76/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1332208729&sr=8-3

If you want to go even further, you could get this~
http://www.amazon.co.uk/2200mW-Booster-Antenna-802-11n-STRONG/dp/B0034FAS0K/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1332208789&sr=1-6

No doubt the latter will cover your whole street.

As stated, Backtrack is the best option, it comes pre-packaged with everything needed.
If you own a router, you could perform attack on it, to practice.

I started out with WEP, unfortunately, even though this type of encryption is still used, it's near enough long gone, however you're sure enough to find at least 1 on every street in the UK. (Mostly)

WEP is great for a beginner, and it's a fast process.
After that, go for a stronger encryption, WPA-PSK, try bruteforcing the key with wordlists (You need the 4 way handshake for this) This is very slow and could take days..

A new tool has been released not so long ago, called Reaver.
It exploits the WPS feature of most networks (I've heard every network device has WPS enabled on default, I've also heard on some devices, it's not even possible to switch off)

And allows you to bruteforce the PIN, which is used with WPA.

I tested Reaver on my own network this morning, manually turned on WPS in my router config and bruteforced it.
Got the PIN & Password for it in 3 hours

Good Luck!

[archman]

What vm software are you using? did you set your network card to be bridged in the vm settings?

my bad i didnt see the second page "duh"