iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID:
# or this
iw dev wlan0 scan | egrep "DS\\ Parameter\\ set|SSID"
Check/kill process known to interfere
sudo airmon-ng check kill
Start monitoring
airmon-ng start wlan0
Start Monitoring on specific channel
airmon-ng start wlan0 channel_number
Start monitoring
airmon-ng start wlan0
Create a folder to store the captures and scans for ease of finding information:
mkdir wifi
scan the network
sudo airodump-ng interface_name -w /wifi/scan --manufacturer --wps --band abg
# when knowing the channel
sudo airodump-ng interface_name -w /wifi/scan_channel -c channel_number
Create the configuration (e.g. network_name.conf)
network={
ssid="SSID_NAME"
key_mgmt=NONE
scan_ssid=1
}
Connect to the network
sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlan2 -c network_name.conf
Open a new terminal and run
sudo dhclient wlan2 -v