***TLDR:*** How to monitor/sniff wifi network traffic of IoT Devices. Two strategies:
Use a wifi adapter to setup an #AP and have the devices connect to via that or use wifi card in monitor mode.

# Funnel traffic via AP
**Issues**: iPhone has problems connecting to the provided APs. But need iPhone to configure network  connection of devices.
# Monitor Mode
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## HowTo 
Insert wifi adapter and make sure it shows up as a interface with e.g. `nmcli dev`.
### Manually activate:
1. Find out which interfaces already exist with names like`mon_N_`: `ifconfig -a`. 
2. `iw dev _interface_ interface add _mon_num_ type monitor` 
3. `ifconfig _mon_num up` 
### Using [[aircrack-ng]] :
Activate monitor mode on interface `wlp0s20f0u1`:
```bash
sudo airmon-ng start wlp0s20f0u1
```
Output: