NetStumbler Alternatives for Linux

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

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  1. NetworkMiner icon
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    NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can extract transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files containing HTTP, FTP, SMB, SMB2, TFTP and several other protocols.

    38 NetworkMiner alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Kismet icon
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    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
     
  3. netsniff-ng icon
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    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
     
  4.  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
     
  5.  1 like

    A command-line network scanning tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. iwScanner icon
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    iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Kismon icon
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    Kismon is GUI client for kismet (wireless scanner/sniffer/monitor) with several features:

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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