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 seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to inSSIDer are netsniff-ng, LinSSID, Wifi Network Testing and wavemon.

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  1. Kismet icon
     19 likes

    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.

    36 Kismet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Kismet vs inSSIDer Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Used it, provides great and easy to use interface, shows channels and graphs quite good

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -2

    Completely re-written in modern tools.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Kismet is Free and Open SourceinSSIDer is Paid and Proprietary
  2. netsniff-ng icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. LinSSID icon
     20 likes

    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.

    21 LinSSID alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    LinSSID vs inSSIDer Comments
    josan2
    Positive
    0

    LinSSID is the most similar to inssider

    • LinSSID is Free and Open SourceinSSIDer is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Scan your wifi network and obtain troubleshooting details, with extreme granularity.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5.  7 likes

    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...

    21 wavemon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    wavemon vs inSSIDer Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It's easy to use, shows clear Signal to noise ratios

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • wavemon is Free and Open SourceinSSIDer is Paid and Proprietary
  6. iwScanner icon
     7 likes

    iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7.  1 like

    A command-line network scanning tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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