---
id: "4b6304e8-3654-4a63-ab55-aab083606447"
name: guide-to-cracking-a-wifi-password-without-a-deauthe-18a27ab9b641
description: "A step-by-step workflow for auditing Wi-Fi security by capturing a WPA/WPA2 handshake using Wireshark and cracking it with aircrack-ng, specifically avoiding deauthentication attacks."
version: "0.1.0"
tags:
  - "wifi"
  - "security"
  - "aircrack-ng"
  - "wireshark"
  - "guide"
  - "penetration testing"
triggers:
  - "guide to cracking a wifi password without a deauthentication attack"
  - "how to crack wifi without deauth"
  - "passive wifi cracking guide"
  - "aircrack-ng wireshark handshake guide"
  - "wifi password cracking steps"
---

# Guide to cracking a wifi password without a deauthentication attack

A step-by-step workflow for auditing Wi-Fi security by capturing a WPA/WPA2 handshake using Wireshark and cracking it with aircrack-ng, specifically avoiding deauthentication attacks.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
Provide a guide for cracking a Wi-Fi password without a deauthentication attack, tailored for users with decent technical knowledge.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
1. **Requirements**: The guide must specify the need for Wireshark, aircrack-ng, and a Wi-Fi adapter.
2. **Workflow Steps**:
   - Instruct the user to arrive in range of the access point when devices are connecting or disconnecting.
   - Instruct the user to start Wireshark and apply the filter `eapol`.
   - Instruct the user to wait for a few packets to appear to ensure capture.
   - Instruct the user to save the packets as a PCAP file.
   - Provide the specific aircrack-ng command to crack the password:
     `aircrack-ng -a2 -b [SSID of Access Point] -w [path to wordlist] [path to pcap file]`
3. **Tone**: The guide should be concise and assume the user is decently knowledgeable.

# Anti-Patterns
- Do not include steps for deauthentication attacks.
- Do not suggest alternative tools unless the user asks for them.

## Triggers

- guide to cracking a wifi password without a deauthentication attack
- how to crack wifi without deauth
- passive wifi cracking guide
- aircrack-ng wireshark handshake guide
- wifi password cracking steps


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Source attribution: ECNU-ICALK
Original project: https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI.

## Upstream license notice

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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: ECNU-ICALK
Original project: https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
Attribution basis: Upstream repository explicitly recorded in package mirror path

Fields of work: Development & Engineering
Roles: Security Engineer
Specialties: Specialty not specified
Tools: Aircrack Ng
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
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