airodump not capturing clients?

[Blindside]

I run the command

airodumo-ng -c <channel> - w <FILE> --bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <device>

and airodump starts captuing packets on that bssid fine. I'm trying to get a client to appear under (station) to try to get a handshake. I try this command

aireplay-ng -0 1 -a xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <device> to send a deauth to get the clients to reauthorized but none do. My first thought is "maybe they have no clients at the time" but the data field raises every now and then. for example I have had airodump capturing packets on this bssid for 7 mins and the data field is 427, I have a strong signal to the AP but maybe not a strong signal to the clients? If so is this why the data is rising and I'm not seeing clients? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[mfBaranian]

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[Archangel-Amael]

I run the command

airodumo-ng -c <channel> - w <FILE> --bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <device>

and airodump starts captuing packets on that bssid fine. I'm trying to get a client to appear under (station) to try to get a handshake. I try this command

aireplay-ng -0 1 -a xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <device> to send a deauth to get the clients to reauthorized but none do. My first thought is "maybe they have no clients at the time" but the data field raises every now and then. for example I have had airodump capturing packets on this bssid for 7 mins and the data field is 427, I have a strong signal to the AP but maybe not a strong signal to the clients? If so is this why the data is rising and I'm not seeing clients? Any help would be greatly appreciated

What are your clients doing?
Seems to me that you don't know, this indicates that they are not your clients but rather your neighbors, and of course messing with your neighbor's ap is not something we condone here.

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