Recently I decided to check the strength of my hidden ESSID WIFI access point by using MDK3 and Renderman's pre-assembled SSID list. Although I am running into some problems with MDK3 I have never ran into before.
The channel my AP is on shares the same channel with other APs in my neighborhood, I start my airodump-ng session on the correct interface and filtered by both SSID and channel. When I bring up MDK3 I initialize the command by executing:
root@Linuxnetbook:~# mdk3 mon0 p -t <Target BSSID> -f SSID.txt
Everything seems to start fine, though I somehow get a response from another un-hidden BSSID in my neighborhood.
SSID Wordlist Mode activated!
Waiting for beacon frame from target...
Sniffer thread started
SSID is hidden. SSID Length is: 7.
Got response from <Random SSID, which is not mine>, SSID: "dad"
Last try was: (null)
Trying SSID:
Trying SSID: hpsetup
Packets sent: 5 - Speed: 4 packets/sec
End of SSID list reached
I do not understand why it is not targeting the correct SSID and recieving responses from other APs. I am running the airodump-ng session congruently alongside these attempts as well.
Any help would be appreciated for this n00b.
Thanks in advance,
d4rk0wl
PS - I realize I could just search the wordlist for my AP, but this way seemed much more fun :P
Hidden ESSID with MDK3
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Hello,
Recently I decided to check the strength of my hidden ESSID WIFI access point by using MDK3 and Renderman's pre-assembled SSID list. Although I am running into some problems with MDK3 I have never ran into before.
The channel my AP is on shares the same channel with other APs in my neighborhood, I start my airodump-ng session on the correct interface and filtered by both SSID and channel. When I bring up MDK3 I initialize the command by executing:
Everything seems to start fine, though I somehow get a response from another un-hidden BSSID in my neighborhood.
I do not understand why it is not targeting the correct SSID and recieving responses from other APs. I am running the airodump-ng session congruently alongside these attempts as well.
Any help would be appreciated for this n00b.
Thanks in advance,
d4rk0wl
PS - I realize I could just search the wordlist for my AP, but this way seemed much more fun :P