airohunt-ng 1.0.5

802.11 monitor-mode Wi-Fi signal tracker with terminal UI

airohunt-ng

[!CAUTION] This software was almost entirely written by Claude.ai Sonnet 4.6

A terminal-based 802.11 Wi-Fi signal tracker for Linux that runs in monitor mode.

Displays access points, connected clients, and probe requests in a live three-pane interface, and lets you select any device to track its signal strength over time on a real-time graph.

Requirements

• monitor mode capable wireless interface
• tcpdump
• iw
• Python 3.8+

Installation

pip (recommended)

pip install airohunt-ng

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S airohunt-ng

From source

git clone https://github.com/bag-man/airohunt-ng
cd airohunt-ng
pip install .

Usage

First put your wireless interface into monitor mode:

sudo ip link set wlan0 down
sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor
sudo ip link set wlan0 up

Then run:

sudo airohunt-ng wlan0

Options

positional arguments:
  interface          Monitor-mode interface (e.g. wlan0)

options:
  --band {2.4,5,both}  Band to scan: 2.4 GHz (default), 5 GHz, or both
  -c CH, --channel CH  Lock to a single channel instead of hopping
  --bssid MAC          Go straight to the signal graph for this BSSID (requires -c)
  -A                   Show Access Points pane only
  -C                   Show Connected Clients pane only
  -P                   Show Probes pane only

Pane flags may be combined: -AC shows Access Points and Connected Clients.

Key bindings

Key	Action
h / l or ← / →	Switch active pane
j / k or ↑ / ↓	Scroll within pane
Enter	Open signal graph for selected device
Space	Pause / resume scanning
r	Clear all results
q	Quit

Inside the signal graph:

Key	Action
Space	Pause / resume
r	Reset graph history
Esc	Back to scanner
q	Quit

Encryption detection

Encryption is determined by parsing the raw beacon frame bytes (RSN and WPA IEs), not just the verbose tcpdump output. The ENC column shows one of:

Value	Meaning
OPN	Open network
WEP	WEP (Privacy bit set, no WPA/RSN IE)
WPA	WPA1 (vendor IE 00:50:f2:01)
WPA2-PSK	WPA2 Personal (RSN IE, AKM type 2)
WPA2-EAP	WPA2 Enterprise (RSN IE, AKM type 1)
WPA3-SAE	WPA3 Personal (RSN IE, AKM type 8)
WPA3-OWE	WPA3 Enhanced Open (RSN IE, AKM type 18)
WPA2/3	Transition mode (both PSK and SAE advertised)

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later — see LICENSE.