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Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Created by Mike Kershaw

Free
Linux

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. Kismet also supports plugins which allow sniffing other media such as DECT.

Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic. More Info »

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Official Website

Features

Sniffer Terminal-based WiFi Signal Measurement Add a feature

Category

Network & Admin

Tags

802.11x intrusion-detection-system network-detection network-detector network-detectors packet-sniffing wireless-fidelity wireless-network-detector

Kismet was added by Apaosha in Sep 2012 and the latest update was made in Jan 2021. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2020. It's possible to update the information on Kismet or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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