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Make sure you select the right com-port, the right upload size of your ESP8266 and the right bin file.
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If flashing the bin files with a flash tool is not working, try flashing the esp8266 with the Arduino IDE as shown below.
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### Compiling the source with Arduino
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**0** Download the source code of this project.
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**13** Copy ESP8266Wi-Fi.cpp and ESP8266Wi-Fi.h
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**14** Past these files here `packages` > `esp8266` > `hardware` > `esp8266` > `2.0.0` > `libraries` > `ESP8266Wi-Fi` > `src`
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**14** Paste these files here `packages` > `esp8266` > `hardware` > `esp8266` > `2.0.0` > `libraries` > `ESP8266WiFi` > `src`
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**15** Open `esp8266_deauther` > `esp8266_deauther.ino` in Arduino
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**16** Select your ESP8266 board at `Tools` > `Board` and the right port at `Tools` > `Port`
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If no port shows up you may have to reinstall the drivers.
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**17** Upload!
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**17** Depending on your board you may have to adjust the `Tools` > `Board` > `Flash Frequency` and the `Tools` > `Board` > `Flash Size`. In my case i had to use a `80MHz` Flash Frequency, and a `4M (1M SPIFFS)` Flash Size
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**18** Upload!
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**Note:** If you use a 512kb version of the ESP8266, you need to comment out a part of the mac vendor list in data.h.
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**Can it sniff handshakes?**
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The ESP8266 has a promiscuous mode in which you can sniff packets, but handshake packets are dropped and there is no other way to get them with the functions provided by the SDK.
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Maybe someone will find a way around this barrier.
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Maybe someone will find a way around this barrier in the future.
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**espcomm_sync failed/espcomm_open when uploading**
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**AP scan doesn't work**
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There is a reported issue on this: https://github.com/spacehuhn/esp8266_deauther/issues/5
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Try out switching the browser or open the website with another device.
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Try switching the browser or opening the website with another device.
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**Deauth attack won't work**
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If you see 0 pkts/s on the website you've made a mistake. Check if you have followed the the installation steps correctly and that the right SDK installed, it must be version 2.0.0!
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If it can send packets but your target don't loose its connection then the Wi-Fi router uses [802.11w](#how-to-protect-against-it) and it's protected against such attacks or they communicate via 5 GHz Wi-Fi, which the ESP8266 doesn't support.
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If you see 0 pkts/s on the website then you've made a mistake. Check that have followed the the installation steps correctly and that the right SDK installed, it must be version 2.0.0!
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If it can send packets but your target doesn't loose its connection, then the Wi-Fi router either uses [802.11w](#how-to-protect-against-it) and it's protected against such attacks, or it communicates on the 5GHz band, which the ESP8266 doesn't support because of its 2.4GHz antenna.
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### If you have other questions or problems with the ESP8266 you can also check out the official [community forum](http://www.esp8266.com/).
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This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [license file](LICENSE) file for details.
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**The License file must be included in any redistributed version of this program**
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## Sources and additional links
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deauth attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack

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