I'm new to hacking, and I've been doing some research.
I'm trying to learn how to hack wireless internet. The network is my neighbors he is using WEP, I'm pretty sure.

Can someone give me a little tutorial on doing so? or just some tips? anything will do =]

I'm not really familiar with any linux distributions so thats out of the question.
I'm using Windows XP SP2 32-bit. and my wireless adapter is a D-Link WDA-1320

if mentioning any of the above is against the rules in anyway... tell me and I'll edit it

thanks

How is your neighbour going to react when they find out you've been abusing their wireless network? You've got to live next to them after all. You can be arrested and punished for this, and it's totally against the ethic of this site.

To paint a worst case scenario, just suppose your neighbour is doing something awful with their net connection like downloading CP. Not only are you potentially at risk from being implicated you could introduce reasonable doubt into any case brought against them and see a paedophile walk free. To my knowledge this has happened IRL.

Jim

If the neighbor has wep, the only way you can join his network is to hack it. That is clearly against the law.  Even if he didn’t have wep, many States consider it illegal to join even an open network without clear permission.  Some call it an unauthorized association to a network and others call it a theft of bandwidth. Remember he is paying for his bandwidth and you’re taking it without permission.  Even if a hacker has no ethics about this and wants to do it, he should at least understand the consequences if he gets caught. Since 9/11, new laws are in play and in some cases hacking can be seen as an act of terrorism.  Oh and don’t think you cant be found if you are living next door and hanging on his wifi  all hours of the day. That’s too easy for someone that knows what they are doing.  And you never know when someone like me gets a call to check it out and now your busted.

Illegal :[
Sorry mate
but yeah like said before, set up your own wireless network and practice hacking that.

I have an extra linksys sitting around so I practice on that with new OS's.

Safest way to learn about network security.

1. Google! There are loads of tuts on cracking wep/wpa, etc...

2. Get Linux!

3. If you are adamant about using windows for this then you need to download the Aircrack-ng suite of tools. They have a Windows version. The problem is that you don't get any packet injection capabilities on windows regardless of the card, so gathering enough packets (IVs) is going to take some time on a quiet link. If you want to be able to inject packets on windows your easiest option is to get the airpcap usb adapter from CACE and use it with the airpcap version of Aircrack-ng.

Also, while I know that the Linux version has integrated the new PTW attack, I'm not sure about the Windows version. I would assume so. This is a FAST way to crack WEP but currently it only works with ARP request/response packets. Easy to generate with aireplay (part of the suite) on linux.

So assuming you have enough weak IVs collected the cmdline string is :

aircrack -q -n (key length) -b (bssid) capture.cap

once you have cracked the key you can either use wireshark and insert the key to read the decrypted packets or use airdecap to decrypt them.

If you only have a windows box at home I would suggest getting a copy of BackTrack. It has all the tools you need. Just boot into it.

Also, check the Aircrack-ng site to make sure your card is compatible. it really should not be a problem though. Also, they have some sample packet dumps for testing.

Oh, and the other posts are correct. It is now illegal to use another persons bandwidth (wireless or otherwise) without permission. Whether or not you'll get caught is another question.

Cheers,
Dean

BTW, this post is pretty much a copy/paste of the one I posted on LSO about the same topic. So google! 

Why is it that every new hacker start with an idea of causing harm to others have you forgotten the popular saying "love your neighbors as your self"
meaning you have to learn how hack your self before hacking  your neighbors.


i am very sure that if you had wrote that you are trying to hack into your own WEP enabled WRouter or AP there are people her ever ready to help you with but since u had a personal intention u asked the question straight.
hacking is like a gun how you use it depends on yourself but what ever happens don't let anyone "the law" call call you a murderer.

 
check this site out and be prepared to read a lot www.insecure.org