# Last Updated: 01/03/05
For latest info, always refer to http://airsnort.shmoo.com/windows.html
Minimal setup instructions for Windows users:
SETUP
You need to install gtk for Windows, get it here:
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html
If you have an airsnort binary for Windows, you will need only:
gtk
glib
pango
atk
libiconv
gettext
If you intend to compile your own binary you also need the development packages:
gtk-dev
glib-dev
pango-dev
atk-dev
Unzip all of these into same directory referred to as <gtkdir> from here on out. If you choose c:\gtk for <gtkdir>, then windows.mak and the Visual C++ project file should work as is for you.
The following bash script will create c:\gtk, then download and unzip all of the gtk files you need. This script runs just fine under cygwin. if you don't have cygwin, get it here: http://www.cygwin.com.
#---------------BEGIN SCRIPT---------------------
#!/bin/sh
cd /cygdrive/c
mkdir -p gtk
cd gtk
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/glib-2.4.7.zip
unzip glib-2.4.7.zip
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/gtk+-2.4.14.zip
unzip -o gtk+-2.4.14.zip
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pango-1.4.1.zip
unzip pango-1.4.1.zip
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/atk-1.6.0.zip
unzip atk-1.6.0.zip
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/libiconv-1.9.1.bin.woe32.zip
unzip -o libiconv-1.9.1.bin.woe32.zip
wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/gettext-runtime-0.13.1.zip
unzip -o gettext-runtime-0.13.1.zip
#if you plan to compile your own binaries, then uncomment the following lines:
#wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/glib-dev-2.4.7.zip
#unzip -o glib-dev-2.4.7.zip
#wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/gtk+-dev-2.4.14.zip
#unzip -o gtk+-dev-2.4.14.zip
#wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pango-dev-1.4.1.zip
#unzip -o pango-dev-1.4.1.zip
#wget http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/atk-dev-1.6.0.zip
unzip -o atk-dev-1.6.0.zip
---------------END SCRIPT---------------------
add <gtkdir>\bin to your path
get and install airopeeknx demo: http://www.wildpackets.com
From the airopeek install directory, copy peek.dll and peek5.sys into your airsnort/bin directory (if your airsnort distro does not have a bin subdirectory, create one or one will be created when you build airsnort below.
Follow the directions in the airopeeknx readme to install appropriate drivers for your wireless card.
Make sure you can run airopeek. If it won't work, airsnort is not likely to.
BUILDING
The makefile windows.mak is known to work with VC++ 6.0, dont ask me about any other compilers. Visual C++ workspace and project files are now included with the airsnort distribution.
If you installed gtk anywhere other than c:\gtk, edit windows.mak to set GTKDIR to your <gtkdir>
In the airsnort directory issue the command:
nmake /f windows.mak
if all goes well you should have an airsnort binary in the bin subdirectory.
NOTE: nmake is the command line make utility included with Visual C++ 6.0. When you installed Visual C++, you should have been given the option to set environment variables required to use the command line tools. If you can't execute nmake at the command line, try executing the VCVARS32.BAT script included with your Visual C++ install (probably at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\VCVARS32.BAT)
RUNNING
Assuming that you followed the directions above, double click on the airsnort executable. Before you start a capture, specify your wireless card in the device name dropdown. Choose the device name that matches you wireless card. See the console window for a list of network adapters tat airsnort recognizes. Orinoco user, select card type Orinoco, Cisco and DWL-650 users, select DWL-650. Before you click the start button, make sure the "scan" radio button is selected. Once started, you can change to single channel monitoring by choosing the desired channel and changing the radio button. If you want to save captured packets to a file (ala pcap), make sure you select "Log to file" from the File menu BEFORE you start a capture.
Now sit back, have some fun and wait for keys to appear. Airsnort will do its best to discover and display SSIDs that it sees in addition to the ASCII and hex representations of any WEP keys it manages to crack.
WARNING
This stuff is very shaky on Windows. I am not responsible for any BSODs you may be subject to. I develop and test on XP only, though this may work on Win2k as well. Feel free to report any repeatable problems, but I make no promises as to whether I can fix them or not. The most helpful thing you can send to me is a couple of minutes of packets logged using the "Log to file" option of airsnort.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Please see http://airsnort.shmoo.com/windows.html