BashMonitorMode

Bash Monitor Mode

With a small Bash script you can save some time, to set your Wi-Fi interfaces into Monitor Mode.

Objective

The aim of this tutorial is to set the Wi-Fi interface into Monitor Mode.

Install needed and/or optional packages

Install (or ensure they are installed) following packages.

# update system (optional)
$ sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

# install optional packages (optional)
$ sudo apt install -y wireless-tools

# install needed packages
$ sudo apt install -y curl

Download and prepare Bash script

# change into home directory
$ cd ~

# download bash script
$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lupin3000/Raspberry-PI-Tutorials/main/Goodies/BashMonitorMode/monitor-mode.sh -o monitor-mode.sh

# set file permissions
$ chmod u+x monitor-mode.sh

Enable Monitor Mode

# show help (optional)
$ ./monitor-mode.sh -h

# enable monitor mode
$ sudo ./monitor-mode -i wlan1

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