inSSIDer Alternatives for Linux

inSSIDer is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Kismet, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to inSSIDer and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to inSSIDer are wavemon, LinSSID, iwScanner and netsniff-ng.

inSSIDer alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers but may also be Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of inSSIDer.

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Kismet
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Free • Open Source
Linux
36 Kismet alternatives
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and (with appropriate hardware) can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic.
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Kismet Features
Terminal-based
WiFi Signal Measurement
Comments about Kismet as a Alternative to inSSIDer
Most users think Kismet is a great inSSIDer alternative.
Completely re-written in modern tools.
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Used it, provides great and easy to use interface, shows channels and graphs quite good
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wavemon
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Network Analyzer
Linux
22 wavemon alternatives
wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the...
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wavemon Features
1. Command line interfacewavemon either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
WiFi Signal Measurement
Wireless
Network activity
Comments about wavemon as a Alternative to inSSIDer
Most users think wavemon is a great inSSIDer alternative.
It's easy to use, shows clear Signal to noise ratios
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LinSSID
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Linux
21 LinSSID alternatives
LinSSID is graphically and functionally similar to iwscanner (Linux) and Inssider (Microsoft™ Windows®). It is written entirely in C++ using Linux wireless tools and Qt4.
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LinSSID Features
Network Scanner
Comments about LinSSID as a Alternative to inSSIDer
Almost everyone thinks LinSSID is a great inSSIDer alternative.
LinSSID is the most similar to inssider
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iwScanner
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Free • Open Source
Linux
34 iwScanner alternatives
iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface.
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iwScanner Features
Gtk
Scanner
Wireless
Discontinued
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netsniff-ng
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Free • Open Source
Linux
20 netsniff-ng alternatives
netsniff-ng is a free, performant Linux networking toolkit. The gain of performance is reached by zero-copy mechanisms, so that on packet reception and transmission the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernel space to user space and vice versa.
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netsniff-ng Features
Network Scanner
Wifi Network Testing
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
24 Wifi Network Testing alternatives
Scan your wifi network and obtain troubleshooting details, with extreme granularity.
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Wifi Network Testing Features
Wireless scanner
Network Scanner
WiFi Signal Measurement