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# Fake Authentication Attack
Associate a test adapter with an authorized WEP access point.
Fake authentication is useful when an authorized WEP network has no connected clients. It can make a test adapter appear associated with the access point.
{% hint style="warning" %}
This technique applies to legacy WEP networks. It does not authenticate a client to WPA or WPA2 PSK networks.
{% endhint %}
### Capture the target network
Start a capture on the authorized network channel:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airodump-ng --channel 11 -w CAPTURE --essid WIFI wlan0mon
```
{% endcode %}
### Authenticate the test adapter
Use `-h` to specify the MAC address of the test adapter. The following command sends authentication frames continuously.
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
aireplay-ng -1 0 -e WIFI -a 70:4F:57:CA:D9:73 -h 00:C0:CA:BD:08:90 wlan0mon
```
{% endcode %}
The access point can now treat the specified adapter as an associated client.
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