Kismet
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Mac
- Windows
Features
- Terminal-based
- WiFi Signal Measurement
Kismet News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- POX added Kismet as alternative to netscanner
- POX updated Kismet
onyo added Kismet as alternative to Mojo Packets- FookMei liked Kismet
- onyo updated Kismet
- onyo updated Kismet
Kismet information
Developed by
Mike KershawLicensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
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- Updated Oct 9, 2024
What is Kismet?
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.
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Used it, provides great and easy to use interface, shows channels and graphs quite good
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Completely re-written in modern tools.