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Aircrack-ng

Key not found in cap file

C Cracking Medium

🔴 Error Message

Unable to find WPA handshake in capture

📖 What This Means

Handshake was not properly captured in the pcap file.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Verify: aircrack-ng capture.cap (should show 1 handshake)
  2. Recapture with deauth
  3. Check BSSID matches target