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Kismet

Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS — speaks 802.11, BLE, RTL-SDR.

Wireless

$ kismet --help

Kismet

// what it is

Description

Mike Kershaw's long-running multi-protocol wireless sniffer. Passively detects APs and clients, logs everything, and runs a web UI for real-time exploration.

// use cases

What people use it for

  • Passive wireless survey
  • WIDS deployment
  • Long-running wireless monitoring

// commands

The commands you'll type

Start with web UI

$ sudo kismet

// facts

category
Wireless
platforms
LIN · MAC
license
FOSS
difficulty
Intermediate

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