I'm trying to follow a tutorial and he did wash -i wlp2s0 and i have wlan0 is there any difference?,
and if so is that the problem??
PS: its a tutorial on udemy
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From google, wash is a penetration testing tool:
It looks like the tutorial is trying to scan for access-points using the machine's WiFi. Historically most machines had their WiFi network interface named wlan0.
The author of the tutorial has used wlp2s0 to mean your wireless card. From your question it appears that wlan0 is the real name of your WiFi interface.
There is no real difference between them, as far as they are just different names for the same thing on the authors machine vs your machine.
There is a reason why these names are changing: Generally Linux distributions (including Kali) are moving to "Predictable Interface names" which an ironic name for a system that makes it nearly impossible to predict the name of an interface before it's connected. You can read more about this here: Why is my ethernet interface called enp0s10 instead of eth0?
Side Note:
If the command is not producing any results, and your not sitting in a field in the middle of nowhere then something might be wrong. Kali usually makes you do everything as the user root. It is unlikely this command would work if run as any other user.
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thank u for explaining me this thing but its still errors
– oryam May 07 '20 at 12:34Copyright (c) 2011, Tactical Network Solutions, Craig Heffner <cheffner@tacnetsol.com> [X] ERROR: Failed to open 'wlan0' for capturing r``` -
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is it possible that my wifi card is not getting any wifi? and thats why im getting the blank wash? – oryam May 07 '20 at 13:02
aircrack-ng? – AdminBee May 08 '20 at 07:40aircrack-ngmight be a good alternative. In any case it's a more helpful hint to future readers than directing them away from Kali. My own opinion on Kali is that it's not a good tool generally. – Philip Couling May 08 '20 at 08:39