Overview: This Linux tutorial is about how to crack a wep protected wifi with wifislax, providing the detail steps to accomplish it fast.

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Wifislax is a SLAX based Linux operating system. Here is a guide about how to crack a wep protected Wifi with the help of Wifislax.

Guide on Cracking a Wep Protected WiFi with Wifislax

1. Download and install WifiSlax.

At first, you should download WifiSlax by clicking the download link and then you can install Wifislax correctly on your Linux.

2. Launch Wifislax.

Go to Start> Wifislax> Asistencia Chipset> Asistencia intel pro wireless> Cargar ipw3945 inyeccion - ipwray-ng; to start injection mode. The system must detect now 2 more network card interfaces: wifi0 and rtap0. Write in the Shell that have just appeard airodump-ng wifi0.

3. Check WEP encrypted network.

Take a look of which WEP encrypted network (ENC category) has more Beacons and pay special attention on what channel it is (CH category) and what's it's name (ESSID category). That will posibly be the network with more signal received.

4. Move to the channel of the wanted network.

Press Ctrl+C and introduce airoway.sh. Move with the cursor to the channel of the wanted network and press Enter when the wanted network appear.

5. Elect the network with the number it has associated.

Press number 2. There will appear some information refered to an association. If you succeed there will appear this: Association successful.

Press number 3. There will appear some information refered to a reply.

Now wait till