What are the main differences between Airodump-ng, Wireshark, and TCPdump ?

Airodump-Ng

Airodump-ng is used for packet capture, capturing raw 802.11 frames. It is particularly suitable for collecting WEP IVs (Initialization Vector) or WPA handshakes for the intent of using them with aircrack-ng. If you have a GPS receiver connected to the computer, airodump-ng is capable of logging the coordinates of the found access points.

You can use this tool exclusively for wireless networks.

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WireShark

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions.

It is GUI based.

Wireshark is the most often-used packet sniffer in the world. Like any other packet sniffer, Wireshark does three things:

Packet Capture: Wireshark listens to a network connection in real time and then grabs entire streams of traffic – quite possibly tens of thousands of packets at a time.
Filtering: Wireshark is capable of slicing and dicing all of this random live data using filters. By applying a filter, you can obtain just the information you need to see.
Visualization: Wireshark, like any good packet sniffer, allows you to dive right into the very middle of a network packet. It also allows you to visualize entire conversations and network streams.

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TCP Dump

TCPdump is similar to wireshark ….but is CLI based and al little bit less complex.

Tcpdump is a network capture and protocol analysis tool. This program is based on the libpcap interface, a portable system-independent interface for user-level network datagram capture. Despite the name, tcpdump can also be used to capture non-TCP traffic, including UDP and ICMP. One of this tool’s primary benefits is its wide availability, making it the de facto standard format for captured network traffic.

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