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 Kismet, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NetStumbler and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to NetStumbler are netsniff-ng, wavemon, netscanner and iwScanner.

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  1. 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
     
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    • Most users think Kismet is a great NetStumbler alternative.

    • Kismet is the most popular Linux alternative to NetStumbler.

    • Kismet is Free and Open SourceNetStumbler is Free and Proprietary
  2. 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
     
  3.  7 likes
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    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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    A command-line network scanning tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Kismon icon
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    Kismon is GUI client for kismet (wireless scanner/sniffer/monitor) with several features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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